Chapter Summaries

As demon and human armies surrounded the Demon King's City, Izax taunted the Demon Lords before disappearing with the city into another dimension. Seradon ordered a retreat as the Holy See Allied Forces arrived and the two armies faced each other.

• Hao Ren and the others left the power room and watched tens of thousands of demons gather around the Demon King's City.
• Izax identified Seradon and Banuklak among the enemy leaders, warned them to stay beyond the city's cannons, and mocked their alliance plans.
• When the Holy See Allied Forces appeared, Izax left the tower and the Demon King's City vanished.
• Seradon and Banuklak realized Izax had tricked them as the human and demonic armies prepared to fight.
• Seradon ordered the demonic army to retreat.

Hao Ren and his companions explored the Demon King's City as it drifted through the other space, and Elizabeth asked him about her father’s changed demeanor and whether he could take the city away. The city approached a marked outpost, leaving the group on the verge of discovering what lay ahead.

• Izax explained how the Demon Lord's Army had adapted to the other space and predicted that Seradon and the Holy See Allied Forces would avoid a direct fight.
• Izax went to inspect the engine room, while Lily set off exploring, Vivian followed her, and Nangong May stayed on the tower with Dodo.
• Elizabeth asked Hao Ren why Izax had changed and whether he could bring the city to the place where her father lived; Hao Ren reassured her that he could.
• As the city drifted toward marked floating objects, Elizabeth asked Hao Ren for stories, Nangong May made water sculptures, and Lanina tried to fish Dodo with her tail.
• Elizabeth spotted debris ahead and announced that they had reached the outpost.

Demon King's City reached the wreckage of a gigantic spaceship, and Hao Ren and the others docked beside it to investigate. At the ship’s enormous breach, they found withered tendrils identified as the remains of a dead Firstborn.

• Demon King's City drifted through a field of artificial wreckage and approached a colossal twin-hulled spaceship.
• Elizabeth told Hao Ren that she had found two energy cores inside the ship and pointed out the breach leading into it.
• Hao Ren, Izax, Elizabeth, Lily, Vivian, and Nangong May left the docked city to explore the wreckage.
• The group examined the enormous breach and found tendrils spread across the ship’s hull.
• Vivian confirmed that the tendrils were dead, and the group recognized them as the corpse of a Firstborn.

Hao Ren and his companions explored a crashed ship overgrown with the remains of a Firstborn, which the Data Terminal found had fused with the vessel over time. They discovered the Firstborn had starved after crashing, and the chapter left them examining its core remains as Hao Ren sensed it differed from the one in the Dream Plane.

• Hao Ren led the group into the wreckage, where Elizabeth guided them to a passage overrun by dead Firstborn tentacles.
• The Data Terminal found that the Firstborn had grown together with the ship over an extended period.
• Vivian determined that the Firstborn had starved to death and guessed it had crashed into the vessel and become trapped.
• The group reached the ship's main control room and found the Firstborn's central remains among its roots.
• Elizabeth showed them where she had dug out the glowing energy cores, and Hao Ren remarked that this Firstborn seemed different from the one in the Dream Plane.

Hao Ren and Lily discovered an old crew log explaining how a Firstborn seed crashed into the spacecraft and created the spatial bubbles. The record revealed that the ship had been abandoned at least two hundred thousand years ago on the Dream Plane, just as Vivian reported finding something strange.

• Hao Ren and Lily explored the spacecraft and found a palm-sized data device hidden in a room overgrown with tentacles.
• The Data Terminal recovered and translated the crew’s logs, which described a spherical organism crashing into the ship and gradually growing into a Firstborn seed.
• The logs explained that the seed’s arrival distorted space, trapping the spacecraft in a bubble and contributing to a universe-wide network of spatial bubbles.
• The crew eventually evacuated, while the seed remained behind to complete its initial incubation and develop a small ecosystem.
• The Data Terminal determined that the spacecraft had been abandoned at least two hundred thousand years earlier on the Dream Plane.
• Vivian contacted Hao Ren and announced that her group had found something strange.

Hao Ren connected the ancient spaceship’s records and the Seed hides to the creation of the space-bubble zone, and concluded that the original Firstborn had been peaceful and capable of communication before it went berserk. He proposed towing the spaceship back to study it, giving the group a reason to move Old King's entire city.

• Hao Ren and the others found ancient hides resembling the Seeds of Life from the Giant Brain’s vision, and he recognized their connection.
• Back at the palace in Demon King's City, Hao Ren explained that a Seed had struck an alien spaceship two hundred thousand years earlier, creating the space-bubble zone before hatching the Firstborn.
• Hao Ren reasoned that the Firstborn originally had a gentle temperament and could communicate, unlike the rampaging Firstborn they encountered in the Dream Plane.
• The group discussed how the Firstborn might have gone berserk after the Ancient Magic Empire violated its remains, while Hao Ren noted that the key change occurred about ten thousand years ago.
• Hao Ren proposed towing the spaceship back for study and called it a buy-one-get-one-free reason to move Old King's entire city.

Hao Ren secured Raven 12345’s approval to move Izax’s city and the alien shipwreck to Doudou Planet, while the city prepared for the relocation. Just as the move got underway, the Data Terminal reported that it had troubling news about the spatial calculations.

• Hao Ren told Raven 12345 about the five or six hundred thousand people in Izax’s city and the shipwreck connected to the First Born, and she approved moving both to Doudou Planet.
• Hao Ren told Izax that the people could choose whether to leave, and Izax ordered the city informed while Hao Ren sent the Data Terminal to gather spatial readings.
• Izax told Hao Ren that the deceased little old man had predicted the distorted space bubble zone and its central Ghost Space.
• Gadamor reported that General Ramondino and his trusted men had disappeared, and Izax said he had allowed them to leave.
• The Data Terminal told Hao Ren that its spatial calculations were complete and that it had one bad piece of news and one even worse piece of news.

Hao Ren and his companions discovered that opening a World Gate inside the space-bubble region would be too dangerous, so they needed to move the Demon King's City and the ship wreckage to the region’s boundary. Hao Ren decided to recruit the Erem Elves as an armed security escort and transport force.

• The Data Terminal explained that the fragile space-bubble region could not safely support a World Gate, and that the gate would have to be opened beyond its boundary.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, Izax, and Lanina considered how to move the enormous wreckage through the connected space bubbles while avoiding hostile garrisons.
• The Data Terminal revealed that the Giant Turtle Rock Platform could expand natural portals into large-scale channels, making passage for the wreckage possible.
• Izax warned that moving the wreckage openly would expose the group to millions of enemy troops, while antigravity magic could not lift the entire wreckage.
• Hao Ren proposed bringing back millions of Erem Elves as armed security guards, citing his authority to arrange an escort for a major research specimen.

Hao Ren set out aboard Giant Turtle Rock Platform to gather the Erem Elves for Demon King's City, bringing Lily, Doudou, and two elven attendants. He arrived above New Erem Star and contacted the Erem Elves, while Izax prepared his sword for the coming battle.

• Hao Ren discussed the troop-gathering journey with Izax, who agreed to wait for the Erem Elves to assemble.
• Izax assigned Joseph and Elu to accompany Hao Ren, while Elizabeth tried to inspect Giant Turtle Rock Platform and Lily and Doudou joined the trip.
• Hao Ren departed with his companions aboard Giant Turtle Rock Platform as Izax asked Lanina to bring him his magic sword.
• Izax examined the sword's empty crystal socket and asked Lanina to bring him a crystal.
• Hao Ren reached New Erem Star and contacted the Erem Elves, announcing that their landlord had arrived.

Hao Ren visited the Erem Elves’ new home and saw how quickly they had rebuilt their civilization and settled the planet. The chapter ended with him discovering that they had erected a grand monument naming him their eternal Sun King and High Lord.

• Hao Ren contacted the Erem Elves and asked Vym to take him to Hilda because he needed their help with something important.
• Vym led Hao Ren’s group to the planet, where Hao Ren saw the elves building cities, developing the continent, and turning their floating-island shelters into permanent maritime cities.
• Vym explained that the Erem Elves were thriving in their new home and adapting their transportation, farming, and construction to life on land.
• Hao Ren and Vym arrived at the new capital, City of Stars, where Joseph and Elu stared in amazement at the Erem settlement.
• Hao Ren discovered a towering sculpture depicting him leading the Erem Elves and read its plaque naming him their eternal Sun King and High Lord.

Hao Ren visited the Erem Elves and asked Hilda for armed escorts to protect a group of migrants from an enemy force estimated at eight million. Hilda was shocked by the scale of the threat.

• Hao Ren saw the statue honoring him and learned that Lily also had a statue at the western district gate.
• Hao Ren introduced Joseph and Elu to Wim as envoys from another world, and Wim mistook Joseph for a woman.
• Hao Ren and Wim showed Joseph and Elu the Erem Elves’ modest Royal District and explained how the elves assigned work according to ability.
• Hilda welcomed Hao Ren, shared news of the Erem Elves’ recovery, and offered to help when he explained that he needed armed escorts.
• Hao Ren estimated the enemy force at eight million, and Hilda reacted with alarm.

Hao Ren asked Hilda for an army to escort Izax’s people and protect the Demon King’s City. Hilda agreed to send one million Erem Elves and several thousand ships, while Wimm revealed that a new religion had been established on New Erem Star.

• Hao Ren explained Izax’s history and asked Hilda to provide an armed escort for eight hundred thousand people.
• Hilda ordered Wimm to halt several construction and exploration projects so their workers and ships could be reassigned.
• Hilda offered one million Erem Elves and several thousand ships, explaining that even ordinary civilians could operate weapons and vessels.
• Hao Ren introduced Joseph and Elu as representatives who could explain the situation in the Demon King’s City.
• Wimm told Hao Ren that Hilda was learning about the Demon King’s City and would help choose a location for it.
• Hao Ren saw a spiritual guide addressing workers and learned from Wimm that his mother had established a religion devoted to the planet’s Creator God.

Hao Ren learned that the Erem Elves planned to worship Raven 12345 and asked him to help establish their religion, leading to the goddess’s unlikely slogan: “Even if it’s free, believe a little.” Two days later, Hilda’s armed forces were ready to depart for Izax’s homeworld, and Hao Ren planned their route through a temporary World Gate and the spatial bubble.

• Vim explained that the Erem Elves were promoting faith in Raven 12345 to strengthen morale and social unity during reconstruction.
• Vim asked Hao Ren, as the pope, to help create a model scripture and daily prayer, and Hao Ren suggested, “Even if it’s free, believe a little.”
• Hao Ren contacted Raven 12345, who confirmed the phrase as her secret slogan and advised the elves to use it when they reached the interstellar age.
• Two days later, Hilda’s three million armed security personnel had assembled, and Hao Ren reported that they were ready to depart.
• Hao Ren and Raven 12345 planned to send the elven fleet through a temporary World Gate above Doudou Planet, across the spatial bubble, and onward to Izax’s homeworld.

Hao Ren led Vym and the Erem fleet through the World Gate into the universe outside the spatial bubble zone, then teleported back to Demon King's City. He told Vivian to prepare the enormous wreckage for a major overhaul so they could get it floating within a day.

• Hao Ren and Lily watched Hilda entrust Vym and the Erem fleet to their care as the World Gate opened.
• Hao Ren led the fleet through the gate, where they found the distorted stellar projection marking the entrance to the spatial bubble zone.
• Hao Ren told Vym that the Data Terminal would guide the fleet through portals while he and his companions went ahead to meet Izax and inspect the wreckage.
• Hao Ren, Lily, Joseph, and Elu teleported to Demon King's City, where Vivian and Nangong May were watching the enormous wreckage.
• Hao Ren told Vivian to notify Izax and prepare for a major overhaul, aiming to get the wreckage floating within a day.

Hao Ren prepared to launch the shipwreck by gathering Demon King's City engineers to install gravity regulators across its hull. As the Erem Elf fleet crossed the foam zone toward the rendezvous, garrisons across the world watched the unfamiliar ships thunder overhead.

• Hao Ren told Izax that forces were on their way and that they would rendezvous with the Erem Elves before heading out.
• Izax gathered Demon King's City engineers and craftsmen at the shipwreck to prepare it for travel.
• Hao Ren had Autonomous Mechanical Units deliver gravity regulators salvaged from the Erem floating islands and explained how to install them.
• Elizabeth examined the regulators and harassed a mechanical squid before Izax lifted her away from it.
• Demon King's City technicians began fixing regulators across the wreck, while Erem Elf ships crossed the foam zone and startled garrisons throughout the world.

The Erem elves' fleet raced through the portals while Hao Ren and his allies finished preparing Demon King's City and its wreckage for departure. The city appeared on the Shattered Plains before the demon army and Holy See Allied Forces, bringing the opposing forces face to face as battle loomed.

• The Erem elves' fleet broke through portal defenses across multiple planes, leaving local garrisons confused and unable to pursue.
• Hao Ren tested the wreck's gravity regulators, while he, Vivian, Izax, and Lily discussed its rough construction.
• Hao Ren awaited the Erem elves' fleet, whose engineering tugs would tow the wreck because Demon King's City could not install its own engines.
• The Data Terminal told Hao Ren that the fleet was nearly there, and he ordered Izax to prepare his people to leave.
• Izax transformed, sent Elizabeth to Lanina, and commanded Demon King's City to set out for the Second Demon Plane.
• Demon King's City appeared on the Shattered Plains before the waiting demon army and Holy See Allied Forces, and the great battle approached.

Gregory and Seradon’s armies attacked the reappearing Demon King’s City, while Hao Ren and Izax defended it as they waited for the Erem Elf fleet to arrive. The city held its spatial gate open, and the battle began with both sides exchanging barrages.

• Gregory received a report of strange silver metal monsters and then watched the Demon King’s City reappear above the rocky mountain.
• Gregory ordered the Holy See Allied Forces to prepare their holy knights and magic cannons, while Seradon ordered his demons to ready their weapons and attack.
• Hao Ren told Izax that the final teleportation gate would be reached in five minutes and instructed him to keep it open for the Erem Elf fleet.
• Izax activated the Demon King’s City’s defenses as the Holy See Allied Forces and Seradon’s army fired on the city.
• The city’s defensive towers intercepted most of the incoming fire, and Izax ordered the city-defense cannons to respond as dread demons advanced.

The Erem Elf fleet emerged through a portal and attacked the Holy See Allied Forces and demon army, revealing an enormous ancient Space Fortress. As both armies targeted the vulnerable fortress, Izax led a counterattack while the fleet tried to pull the wreckage back through the portal.

• Izax's strange Earth-derived battle cry confused Gregory, Seradon, and the defenders of Demon King's City.
• The Erem Elf fleet arrived from the west and bombarded both armies, prompting Gregory to order the allied forces to form defenses and fight back.
• A portal opened behind Demon King's City, and the hundreds-of-kilometers-long Space Fortress emerged as the Erem ships attacked the magical cannon positions.
• Gregory and the demon commanders ordered their artillery to target the fortress, which began shaking under the barrage.
• Vym ordered the Erem ships to suppress anti-aircraft fire as tugboats accelerated the fortress toward the portal, while Giant Turtle Rock Platform hurried ahead to widen the gate.
• Izax led demons and Obsidian Golems against Seradon's and Banuklak's legions as the Erem fleet fought the allied forces in the sky.

Izax and the Demon Lord's Army fought Seradon's forces while the Erem fleet attacked from above. Izax killed Seradon and reunited with Ramondino, while Hao Ren prepared to send Banuklak into outer space.

• Izax led his veteran army against Seradon's demons and pushed toward the fel-energy cannons.
• Izax and Seradon fought a devastating duel that killed weaker demons with its aftershocks.
• Izax defeated Seradon, saying he still fought to bring his daughter home.
• Ramondino arrived, called it the final battle, and declined Izax's invitation to leave with him.
• Hao Ren faced Banuklak atop beastified Lily and used an approaching blue light to send the giant insect demon into outer space.

Hao Ren and his allies killed Banuklak, broke through the battlefield, and escaped with the Space Fortress wreckage. After racing through the Space Gates, Izax promised to rebuild his army and return as the fleet left the final inhabited plane.

• Banuklak was dragged into stellar fire and killed, and Hao Ren ordered the retreat.
• Izax's forces destroyed the remaining cannons while Hao Ren's group regrouped and withdrew from the battlefield.
• Hao Ren and the others returned to the Demon King's City, and the Erem fleet began towing the Space Fortress wreckage westward.
• Giant Turtle Rock Platform expanded the Space Gates as the fleet sped through them, passing bewildered guards and failed interception orders.
• At the final inhabited plane, Izax vowed to rebuild his army and return before the fleet vanished through the teleportation gate.