Chapter Summaries

Gwen gave the defenders Virtual Sparks before departing to face the Antimatter Legion, while Yolandale and Kevin organized the Solar System’s defenses. On a planet devastated by Celenova’s forces, Gwen arrived and wiped out the Voidrangers in a city, protecting its survivors and drawing the legion’s attention.

• Gwen distributed Virtual Sparks to the gathered defenders and reassured Raiden Mei and the others that the Sparks would only kindle their own power.
• Gwen left through the passage to Forlos, and Yolandale began the war conference with Kevin.
• Celenova led the Antimatter Legion to the remote star system and began opening a path through the Imaginary barrier toward an unknown region.
• The Voidrangers devastated the planet, trapping a pink-haired, blue-eyed girl and the local Interstellar Peace Company branch amid the destruction.
• Gwen appeared in the burning city and destroyed the Voidrangers there with a burst of golden light, giving the girl hope as she watched him through her telescope.
• Gwen released his aura to draw in the Antimatter Legion, while his Land of Nothingness disintegrated every attacker that tried to enter the city.

Gwen wiped out the Antimatter Legion attacking Bristo and destroyed a Doomsday Beast with a single arrow, prompting Great Extinction Lord Celenova to confront him. The chapter ended with Celenova facing Gwen inside his Land of Nothingness after he recognized her.

• Gwen's Land of Nothingness erased the Antimatter Legion soldiers attacking Bristo, while Lubomir ordered the company branch to raise its defensive barrier as a Doomsday Beast prepared to fire.
• Gwen formed a golden bow and shot the Spear of Sunlight, piercing the Doomsday Beast and detonating its dark-matter engine.
• Lubomir celebrated Gwen's victory and wondered whether Bristo had produced a Preservation Emanator.
• Celenova learned that Gwen had instantly destroyed a Doomsday Beast, traveled to Bristo, and entered the Land of Nothingness to confront him.
• Gwen recognized Celenova as a Great Extinction Lord, while she failed to find any information about him in her memories.

Gwen fought Celenova, the Great Extinction Lord, while protecting Bristo from the battle’s aftermath. Celenova gathered the Antimatter Legion around the planet and turned it into a furnace meant to engulf Gwen and Bristo in Destruction.

• Celenova bound Gwen in black chains, but he shattered them and faced her attacks with golden Cosmo flames.
• Lubomir recognized Celenova as a Great Extinction Lord and prayed to the Amber King while hoping Gwen could defeat her.
• Gwen and Celenova clashed above Bristo, and their battle’s aftermath destroyed a nearby Doomsday Beast while Gwen shielded the planet.
• Celenova, badly wounded, questioned Gwen, who called himself a saint upholding justice and peace.
• Celenova returned to her Legion as Doomsday Beasts, Ravagers, and Voidrangers linked their energies around Bristo.
• Gwen realized Celenova was using the Antimatter Legion to recreate the War Furnace and transform the planet and its inhabitants through Destruction.

Gwen destroyed the War Furnace Celenova had formed from the Antimatter Legion, saving the survivors on Bristo before pursuing her into space. After Gwen intercepted the wounded Celenova, she summoned the power of Nanook, whose presence appeared before him.

• Celenova used the Antimatter Legion to recreate the War Furnace and unleash Destruction across Bristo, while the planet's survivors and Asta struggled to endure it.
• Gwen unleashed Galactic Explosion, shattered the War Furnace, and erased the Legion soldiers composing it as survivors watched the sky return to normal.
• Celenova survived the collapse, ordered the remaining Legion soldiers to delay Gwen, and fled to carry warnings about him back to the Legion.
• Gwen struck Celenova with the Spark Gun and confronted her on a barren celestial body as she drew on greater power from the Path of Destruction.
• Celenova summoned Nanook's presence, and Gwen recognized the Aeon of Destruction as the starfield filled with Destruction's radiance.

Gwen survived Nanook’s attack and suspected Hoo had altered the Aeon’s power to target him. He found the unconscious Asta, learned she had supported him through an unfamiliar power, and gave her a necklace as he asked her to help others affected by Destruction.

• Nanook took Celenova away, then unleashed a devastating beam at Gwen, who blocked it with his Spark Gun and Cosmo.
• Gwen suspected Hoo had interfered with Nanook’s power and considered preparing for the Equilibrium Aeon before heading to Bristo.
• Gwen found Asta unconscious in an Interstellar Peace Company branch and used his Cosmo to revive her.
• Asta thanked Gwen for defeating the Antimatter Legion, and Gwen asked her to help others affected by Destruction, promising assistance.
• Gwen formed a gemstone necklace from blue starlight and prepared to give it to Asta.

Gwen returned after resolving the Antimatter Legion threat before it reached the Solar System, and he reassured Kiana and Mei that Forlos was safe. Back on Earth, Kiana learned Schicksal was using the alert to uncover internal problems, while Cecilia stayed with her instead of returning to the tense command center.

• Gwen gave Asta a necklace imbued with his Cosmo and asked her to use it to help people affected by Destruction's aura; Asta accepted and began planning how to help.
• Gwen returned to Forlos, where Kiana confirmed that no Antimatter Legion units had been detected, and Prometheus sent word that the crisis had passed.
• Gwen embraced Kiana and Mei, while Kalpas continued serving as Forlos's guardian.
• Gwen, Kiana, and Mei returned to Earth and found Schicksal's command center still busy despite the all-clear.
• Cecilia explained that Otto had used the alert to inspect Schicksal's readiness and uncover internal problems, so Kiana persuaded her to stay and rest with them.

After the Antimatter Legion’s arrival raised fears that the Solar System might be exposed, Gwen proposed moving Forlos’s residents to Venus and restoring a protected region there. He then joined Vill-V to assess the damaged Fourth Divine Key, which could help terraform Venus, and they prepared to begin its repair.

• Cecilia teased Kiana with stories from Senba Academy, then hugged her as they made up for years Cecilia had missed as a mother.
• Gwen proposed relocating Forlos’s residents to Venus and using Forlos as an outpost, while a sealed region on Venus was restored for them.
• Vita supported the relocation and asked whether Gwen could speed up Venus’s environmental restoration; Gwen confirmed that he could isolate and treat a designated area.
• Gwen joined Vill-V to examine the Fourth Divine Key, and Vill-V said its original framework could be restored despite failed functions and later modifications.
• Vill-V praised the Fourth Divine Key for surviving fifty thousand years of mishaps, and Gwen asked whether they could begin repairing it; Vill-V said there was no rush.

Vill-V proposed an ambitious upgrade to the Fourth Divine Key and began preparing it with Gwen’s help. Later, Gwen confronted the Vill-V in the Lands Between about the personality who had returned to Earth, and Vill-V struggled to hide what she had done.

• Vill-V told Gwen she wanted to transform the Fourth Divine Key beyond its original environmental-restoration function, and Gwen supported her plan with technology and resources.
• Vill-V and Gwen filled the testing grounds with equipment as they analyzed and prepared technologies for the upgrade.
• Yorktown and Pardo brought lunch, and Yorktown cared for Gwen while Pardo joined Vill-V beside the Divine Key.
• In the Lands Between, Gwen told Vill-V that his main body had synchronized memories and asked which of her personalities had returned to Earth with him.
• Vill-V tried to stall and call Alicia for help while Gwen pressed her about whether that personality had altered the Fourth Divine Key.

Gwen confronted Vill-V about the actions of her Extreme Evil personality, then realized she was exhausted and used his authority to give her time to sleep. After Vill-V woke refreshed, Gwen finally shared the memory of what had happened that morning, leaving her embarrassed and unable to dodge the issue.

• Gwen stopped Vill-V from putting down the Jade Omen and said he wanted to know what Extreme Evil had done.
• Vill-V fell over while recoiling from Gwen, and he noticed how exhausted she was from working without rest.
• Gwen offered to distort time in Vill-V's room so she could rest without losing time, and she accepted.
• Vill-V bathed and slept while her other consciousnesses also set aside their work to rest.
• Vill-V woke refreshed and found Gwen waiting outside because almost no time had passed for him.
• Gwen transmitted his memory of that morning to Vill-V, interrupting her thoughts and making her look away awkwardly.

Gwen confirmed that Vill-V’s actions were her own, then agreed to assist in her next performance, while Alicia caught Vill-V eavesdropping and teased them. Six months later, after Gwen and Vill-V upgraded the Fourth Divine Key and moved Forlos to a protected region on Venus, the little Vitas discussed whether they could improve the planet’s harsh environment.

• Gwen asked Vill-V whether her actions had been approved by her other personalities, and she recognized that he had chosen desire despite his moral reservations.
• Gwen offered to become Vill-V’s assistant, and Vill-V accepted before Alicia caught her listening at the door.
• Vill-V claimed she needed to return to work and left Gwen with Alicia, who teased him about winning Vill-V over.
• Over the next six months, Gwen and Vill-V of Extreme Evil upgraded the Fourth Divine Key, and Gwen relocated Forlos into a habitable region of Venus behind the Qiming Barrier.
• Yixin proposed planting trees and transforming Venus’s barren environment, and Vita asked the other little Vitas what they thought.
• Heguang supported Yixin’s idea but pointed out that the little Vitas lacked power comparable to Gwen’s.

Gwen prepared to leave Earth and return to the Lands Between with Mobius and Mei, while Kiana struggled with being unable to go with him. Bronya teased Kiana about her bad mood and an old act of spite, leaving Kiana embarrassed when someone overheard.

• Vita explained that the little Vitas needed to plan Forlos’s environmental transformation carefully, and Kalpas reported that the land outside the barrier could not support people long-term.
• Gwen returned to Earth after Forlos settled into New Forlos, then prepared to travel to the Lands Between with Mobius and Mei to pursue research and investigate the Aeons.
• Bronya defeated Kiana in a game and guessed that Kiana was upset about being unable to leave Earth with Gwen.
• Kiana denied that losing the game bothered her, and Bronya teased her about once eating the food Bronya liked after a defeat.
• A familiar voice revealed that Kiana had sulked at Bronya and eaten the blinis two bites at a time, leaving Kiana blushing and silent.

Gwen left Earth with his companions, entrusting its protection to Yolandale and the others and giving them Virtual Sparks for emergencies. After crossing the Imaginary Energy Tidal Belt, the group entered a starry sky scarred by the Antimatter Legion, where Eden sensed sorrow alongside signs of life returning.

• Gwen teased Kiana about losing a bet, then apologized and comforted her after Bronya left the room.
• Before departing Earth, Gwen told Yolandale, Kiana, and the others to use their upgraded Virtual Sparks if danger arose.
• Kiana, Rita, Anna, and the others said farewell to Gwen, while Mei gave him a storage device containing research issues and information.
• Gwen formed a sphere of light around himself and his companions and carried them beyond the Solar System's Imaginary Energy Tidal Belt.
• Griseo marveled at how easily Gwen crossed the belt, while Eden sensed sorrow and emerging life in the starry sky damaged by the Antimatter Legion.

Gwen brought Eden, Griseo, and the others to the Lands Between, where they spotted the Xianzhou vessels and the Golden Tree burning beneath the stars. After arriving, Alicia visited Ruan Mei at the biological research institute, unaware that Gwen’s group was returning as a surprise.

• Eden and Griseo awakened the power of a Path, and Gwen used the protection he had left in them to cancel lingering Destruction influence.
• Gwen accelerated the group through space and later lifted the restrictions on their senses upon reaching the starfield near the Lands Between.
• Gwen identified the Xianzhou Luofu and Xianzhou Fanghu, and explained that the Ancient Dragons and the Chiming Tribe had not been confirmed to share an origin.
• Eden spotted the Lands Between and its Golden Tree, and Gwen said Alicia, Vill-V, and Mysterious were there while revealing he had not told Alicia they were coming.
• Alicia visited Ruan Mei at the biological research institute and invited her to share pastries and drinks.

Alicia left her pastry with Ruan Mei to see Gwen’s surprise, where she reunited with Eden, Aponia, Griseo, and the others. Ruan Mei met Mobius and then greeted Gwen, whose apology left their relationship poised to develop further.

• Alicia invited Ruan Mei to see the surprise Gwen had prepared, and Ruan Mei agreed to go with her.
• Alicia arrived at the Roundtable Hold and embraced Eden and Aponia, then teased Griseo by calling her Big Sister Griseo.
• Alicia introduced Ruan Mei to Mobius, and the two geniuses exchanged greetings and agreed they could talk further.
• Alicia greeted the remaining guests before hugging and kissing Gwen, telling him she liked the surprise.
• Ruan Mei greeted Gwen, and he apologized for not properly receiving her before.

Gwen returned to the Lands Between and reunited with Ruan Mei, whose unusual response to his true body caught his attention while Alicia warmed her up socially. He later found Mysterious exhausted, soothed her into resting in his arms, and shared a kiss with her before she asked him to wait until tonight.

• Gwen shook hands with Ruan Mei, who sensed an unexpected difference in him and briefly showed surprise.
• Alicia encouraged Ruan Mei to accept Gwen's thanks and drew her into the group's lively conversation.
• Gwen wondered whether Alicia's warmth had eased Ruan Mei's emotional detachment, then left the gathering to give the women space.
• Gwen met Mysterious, embraced her, and soothed her into falling asleep from mental exhaustion.
• Mysterious woke in Gwen's arms, kissed him, and told him to wait until tonight before going further.

Gwen returned to Vill-V’s workshop and helped her test an invention while she struggled to act naturally around him after their relationship changed. Trina arrived and teased them, but Gwen and Vill-V joined forces to prank her, leaving the workshop’s visit to end with Trina’s defeat.

• Gwen visited Vill-V’s workshop with Mysterious and used his authority to help Vill-V test her invention.
• Vill-V avoided addressing her relationship with Gwen and focused on work while Extreme Evil urged her to act boldly.
• Gwen leaned close to Vill-V, but Trina arrived and teased them about his return.
• Vill-V took Gwen’s cue and joined him in restraining and spanking Trina as retaliation for her teasing.
• Mysterious watched as Trina gave up, and Gwen and Vill-V celebrated their prank.

Gwen visited Jing Yuan on the Xianzhou Luofu after a punishing night with Trina, then sparred with Yanqing to test the young swordsman’s progress. Yanqing could not break through Gwen’s defenses, but the session gave him valuable experience.

• Trina made Gwen suffer through the night, while Vill-V and the others teased him over breakfast.
• Gwen went to the Luofu, where Jing Yuan beat him at chess and suggested that he had deliberately played poorly.
• Gwen asked about Yanqing’s training and proposed a spar, which Jing Yuan approved.
• Yanqing attacked with his floating swords and sword techniques, but Gwen deflected his strikes with the Spear of Sunlight.
• Yanqing exhausted his moves without reaching Gwen and said that their exchange had taught him a great deal.

Gwen tested Yanqing’s swordsmanship with a devastating imitation of Corona of Sunlight, then healed him and explained what the strike represented. He praised Yanqing’s skill but warned that talent alone could not give him the courage to draw his sword.

• Gwen summoned a scorching domain and struck Yanqing with a greatsword formed from its flames.
• Yanqing’s flying swords were knocked aside, but he met Gwen’s attack with his longsword and shattered the greatsword before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Gwen healed Yanqing, who thanked him and asked to call him Teacher, while Jing Yuan supported the idea.
• Gwen asked Yanqing and Fu Xuan what they thought the strike was; Yanqing called it unlike a sword strike, and Fu Xuan described it as the sun, heaven and earth, and a sword.
• Gwen explained that Corona of Sunlight imitated a leader from another world and expressed his own power, then told Yanqing not to overthink the demonstration.
• Gwen said Yanqing had surpassed many swordsmen in skill and experience, but still needed the courage to draw his sword.

Gwen explained his training strike to Yanqing and accepted being called his teacher. After Fu Xuan asked to train beside him to understand how he could defy divination, Gwen began explaining that sufficient power could break a predicted future.

• Gwen told Yanqing that courage, swordsmanship, and strength were all needed to face a stronger opponent, then agreed that Yanqing could call him Teacher.
• Yanqing thanked Gwen and flew away on a sword to wash and tidy himself.
• Jing Yuan thanked Gwen for guiding Yanqing, and Fu Xuan asked why he had named his powerful strike the Corona of Sunlight; Gwen said he liked the name and explained that coronal holes produced solar wind.
• Jing Yuan brought up Fu Xuan's wish to train beside Gwen, then left them alone to talk privately.
• Fu Xuan explained that she wanted to observe how Gwen could break the future predicted by divination, and Gwen said destiny could be broken by sufficient power.

Gwen explained to Fu Xuan that sufficient power was needed to make meaningful choices and let her observe him, while accepting her explanation for the Xianzhou warning. After Fu Xuan left, Jing Yuan questioned Gwen about the golden-armored warrior who had saved a world from the Antimatter Legion, and Gwen teased him to practice more.

• Gwen told Fu Xuan that power, wisdom, and the right choices could allow someone to defy fate, and agreed to let her observe him in exchange for her future labor.
• Fu Xuan explained that she had personally issued the warning about the beam of light, and Gwen accepted her intentions.
• Jing Yuan returned after Fu Xuan left, and she departed to arrange matters before her journey.
• Jing Yuan described a golden-armored warrior who had defeated Celenova's Antimatter Legion and saved survivors, then asked what he himself could have accomplished.
• Jing Yuan admitted that he might have fought his way through the legion but probably could not have protected the survivors or drawn out the Calamity of Destruction.
• Gwen acted as if he did not recognize himself in the account and told Jing Yuan that he needed to practice more.