Chapter Summaries

Kariel escaped with the Seed of Fire as the Reincarnators considered using a military formation against her and the native reinforcements. After Hoover Dam collapsed and the Autobots were cleared to fight for Earth, Optimus Prime told Xu Yue he still intended to deal with the Decepticons before recovering the Seed of Fire.

• Bao Bell, Albert, and Dangerly discussed Kariel’s hostility and the possibility of using a military formation against her and the native reinforcements.
• Hoover Dam collapsed, the Decepticons and Autobots withdrew after a truce, and the Autobots rescued the Minister and the others.
• The United States blamed an alien invasion for the disaster, prepared for war, and agreed to Zion Group’s $22.8 billion compensation claim.
• The Federal Government cleared the Autobots’ name and announced they had joined Zion Security Group as mercenaries fighting for Earth.
• Bumblebee lamented losing the Seed of Fire, and Optimus Prime said he was concerned about the eight powerful clansmen who had appeared.
• Optimus Prime told Xu Yue he wanted to defeat the Decepticons before pursuing the Seed of Fire, reasoning that it must not fall into Megatron’s hands.

Megatron withdrew the Decepticons as human forces closed in, but Nakayama Shion approached him with an offer to ally against their common enemies. Their negotiations revealed that the Seed of Fire might be connected to Unicron, a world-destroying demon god, leaving the Supreme Divine Court wary of how powerful this world’s hidden forces might be.

• Starscream warned Megatron that human radar had detected the Decepticons, and Megatron ordered them to relocate rather than face humanity’s weapons and the Autobots.
• Nakayama Shion approached Megatron and offered to return the Seed of Fire if the Decepticons accepted the terms of an alliance.
• Nakayama Shion explained that humans could not use the Seed of Fire directly and proposed that the Decepticons share its secrets and help fight their enemies.
• Megatron said the Seed of Fire was a Cybertronian relic used to create their people, then revealed that Unicron was a world-destroying demon god worshipped by the Decepticons.
• The Supreme Divine Court feared that the world contained far greater powers than they had encountered, but resolved to side with the Cybertronians and pursue the potential rewards.

The new minister tried to use the Hoover Dam collapse and national security to bring the Autobots under military control and seize the Zion Group’s connection with them. Xu Yue uncovered the plot, and Zion Security blocked the commissioner by producing Chinese legislation approving the Autobots’ entry to Earth, leaving the minister unable to act without risking a confrontation with the Zion Group and China.

• The new minister blamed the Zion Group for the Hoover Dam collapse and ordered a commissioner to take control of the Autobots.
• Xu Yue traced the minister’s scheme to Rockefeller Group Reincarnators who wanted to take over the Zion Group’s connection with the Autobots.
• Amon helped the commissioner enter Zion Security and announce that the Autobots had to leave with him for investigation.
• The bald supervisor signed to acknowledge the commissioner’s declaration, then clarified that he had not agreed to hand over the Autobots.
• The bald supervisor presented Chinese legislation approving the Autobots’ entry to Earth, and the minister was left without a workable response.

Reincarnator leaders struggled to secure Zion Group’s cooperation so their corps could join the Autobots, and Albert offered a private channel in exchange for three S-Rank Plot Points. Xu Yue received the payment and ordered Aili to let the groups join the Autobots’ global strike force and hunt the surviving Decepticons as he prepared to recover the Seed of Fire.

• Dangerly and other Reincarnator leaders rejected coercion and outside alliances as ways to gain Zion Group’s support.
• Albert proposed using a private channel to approach Zion Group, asking each of the three corps to contribute one S-Rank Plot Point.
• Albert, Dangerly, and Bao Bell signed a contract committing their corps’ Plot Points to securing a place alongside the Autobots.
• Xu Yue praised Albert after receiving the three S-Rank Plot Points.
• Xu Yue told Aili to have the corps join the Autobots’ global strike force and hunt the surviving Decepticons.

Zion Security and the Reincarnators continued clearing Decepticons from military bases around the world, while tracking the Seed of Fire to New York. There, Kariel and Nakayama Shion negotiated with Megatron to join forces against the Autobots and prepare a trap.

• Optimus Prime and the Celestial Being organization defeated Decepticons at a US Federal military base, and Bao Bell presented authorization for the operation.
• The Reincarnators learned that a tracker implanted in the Seed of Fire had begun sending signals from New York.
• Kariel refused to hand the Seed of Fire to Megatron until he helped destroy the Autobots and revealed its secret.
• Kariel and Nakayama Shion described New York as a prepared battlefield where Megatron's Decepticons could defeat the Autobots.
• Megatron transformed into a fighter jet and flew away, unaware that the major financial groups were cooperating with the Autobots.

Megatron and the Decepticons attacked New York to draw out the Autobots, while Dangerly slaughtered the metal-bodied grunts until Kariel struck him with a radiant spear. The chapter ended with Dangerly badly wounded and Bao Bell realizing Kariel had sided with Megatron.

• The US Federal detected Megatron in New York and urgently alerted Zion Security as financial leaders prepared to respond.
• Megatron and Starscream landed on Stark Tower with the Seed of Fire, and Megatron hijacked the human network to threaten the world.
• The Decepticons rampaged through New York, destroying buildings until the Autobots arrived.
• Dangerly used his Magneto Ace power to crush Decepticons and rapidly collect rewards, drawing envy from the other Reincarnators.
• Kariel pierced Dangerly with a radiant spear, leaving his wound unhealed until he sealed it with equipment.
• Bao Bell recognized Kariel as an ally of Megatron after Dangerly was severely injured.

Megatron used the Seed of Fire to launch an attack on Optimus Prime while Kariel and Nakayama Shion overwhelmed the Coalition Forces Reincarnators. Albert gathered Plot Points from his allies and activated an ancient scroll, darkening the sky as an irresistible force targeted Kariel.

• Megatron revealed himself atop Stark Tower with the Seed of Fire and fought Optimus Prime alongside Barricade and Starscream as the Decepticons overwhelmed the Autobots.
• Dangerly, Albert, and Bao Bell confronted Kariel, who transformed into an angel and suppressed the Coalition Forces Reincarnators.
• Nakayama Shion arrived and joined Kariel, prompting Bao Bell and the others to realize another powerful Intruder-level enemy had appeared.
• Albert offered to use a trump-card item costing at least five S-Rank Plot Points, and Bao Bell arranged for their groups to contribute toward its cost.
• Albert activated an ancient scroll he called Doomsday Judgment, and the sky darkened as an irresistible will locked onto Kariel.

Albert’s scroll summoned a meteor storm that sealed Kariel and Nakayama Shion inside a vast sphere, while the Reincarnators debated how to exploit their capture. Trapped with Kariel, Nakayama Shion claimed she could use a Shinto divine gift to break the seal, and Kariel agreed to let her try.

• Kariel sensed Albert’s scroll’s threat and activated her Sacred Angel form as meteors began targeting her.
• Most meteors converged on Kariel, forming a huge sealed sphere that trapped her and Nakayama Shion while sparing much of New York.
• Bao Bell and Dangerly urged Albert to negotiate with the captives and demand compensation and the Seed of Fire.
• Albert contacted Kariel, but she refused to compromise and threatened to escape and attack them.
• Nakayama Shion told Kariel that her Shinto divine gift could unseal them, and Kariel agreed to let her use it.

Kariel and Nakayama Shion broke free of Albert’s seal, prompting the Reincarnators and Transformers to resume fighting over the Seed of Fire. Xu Yue used its power to kill Megatron, leaving Dangerly furious at the world’s correction force and the Reincarnators wondering how to recover their losses.

• Red threads spread across the meteorite, and it shattered into floating islands, freeing Kariel and Nakayama Shion.
• Albert told the Reincarnators that the two women had been weakened by his seal, and he directed Dangerly to help Optimus Prime seize the Seed of Fire.
• Dangerly distracted Megatron, allowing Optimus Prime to sever the arm holding the Seed of Fire and send it flying to Stark Tower.
• Megatron raced to the tower, where Xu Yue extracted power from the Seed of Fire and sent it into Megatron’s spark, extinguishing it.
• Optimus Prime caught Megatron as he fell and found a hologram showing that a human had thrown the Seed of Fire into Megatron’s spark.
• Dangerly cursed the world’s correction force in the Team channel, while the Reincarnators considered how to make up for their losses.

After the Seed of Fire was destroyed, Albert showed the Reincarnators evidence that Decepticons had come to Earth long ago, leading them to locate the dormant Skyfire. Meanwhile, Nakayama Shion revealed that Megatron had answered to a higher-ranking Decepticon, and Starscream identified The Fallen and disclosed another energy source on Earth.

• Kariel withdrew with the Supreme Divine Court after realizing the Seed of Fire was gone, while Albert told the Reincarnators he had other leads.
• Albert showed Bao Bell and Dangerly old photographs and a classified file proving that Decepticons had been on Earth long before Megatron and the Seed of Fire were discovered.
• The Reincarnators enlisted the Autobots and found the dormant Decepticon Skyfire in an aviation museum.
• Nakayama Shion told Kariel that Megatron had served someone above him, and Starscream revealed that person was The Fallen and that another energy source was on Earth.

Kariel and the Reincarnator Alliance learned that The Fallen was an ancient Original Prime who planned to extinguish the sun, while Skyfire explained that Optimus Prime’s inherited bloodline could threaten him. Xu Yue arrived at the pyramid and examined the formation as the Supreme Divine Court considered killing Optimus Prime to draw The Fallen out.

• Kariel learned from Starscream that The Fallen was one of the Thirteen Original Primes and connected to the world’s ancient gods.
• Skyfire told Optimus Prime and the Reincarnator Alliance that The Fallen feared the surviving bloodlines of the other Original Primes, and that Optimus Prime was a Super Leader.
• Skyfire revealed that The Fallen intended to extinguish Earth’s sun to create a new energy source, so the Autobots and Reincarnators planned to destroy the hidden source.
• The Supreme Divine Court proposed killing Optimus Prime to force The Fallen to act.
• Xu Yue appeared atop the pyramid, studied the sun-extinguishing formation, and assessed The Fallen’s strength.

Albert led the Reincarnators to pursue clues about the Seed of Fire, but the Supreme Divine Court used their search for Xu Yue to ambush and kill Optimus Prime. After discovering the enemy’s real target, the Reincarnators reconsidered using a military formation against their powerful foes.

• Albert revealed that the stolen Seed of Fire fragment might preserve information, but the Reincarnators found it had already been taken by the Supreme Divine Court.
• Albert produced a secret file about a Zion Group Tower captain who had gone mad after contacting the Seed of Fire, and the Reincarnators planned to approach him through Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue posed as Zion Group’s CEO, President Xu, while Albert arranged for the Autobots to protect him from the Decepticons.
• The Supreme Divine Court planned to use Xu Yue as bait to ambush Optimus Prime, whom Megatron and seven or eight Decepticons attacked and killed.
• The Reincarnators realized Optimus Prime had been the target all along, and Dangerly and Bao Bell reconsidered deploying a military formation against Kariel and the mysterious woman.

After Optimus Prime’s death, Xu Yue completed the teleportation runes that could help revive him as The Fallen declared Earth his farm and destroyed New York. The Reincarnators regained hope in a possible Autobot comeback, while Kariel resolved to confront Xu Yue and eliminate the Heretics.

• Skyfire explained that the Reincarnators needed a New Energy Source and complete coordinates to reach Optimus Prime’s Seed of Fire, and Xu Yue supplied the missing symbols.
• The Fallen arrived on Earth, hijacked human broadcasts from Zion Group, claimed humanity as his servants, and flattened New York with gravity manipulation.
• Skyfire revealed that the fallen Primes’ souls might bless an inheritor and help restore Optimus Prime, and Xu Yue completed the teleportation runes.
• Bao Bell and Dangerly regained their resolve, believing Optimus Prime could still turn the battle against The Fallen.
• After Nakayama Shion warned her about the greater trend favoring righteousness, Kariel vowed to stop Xu Yue and exterminate the Heretics.

The US Federal backed down from its sanctions on Zion Group after its retaliation plunged the country further into chaos, while Xu Yue’s forces prepared to confront The Fallen. Skyfire teleported the main force to a pyramid, where they immediately faced Kariel’s Supreme Divine Court.

• The US Federal sanctioned Zion Group, but Zion Group cut off supplies and its forces destroyed nuclear facilities and seized six Ohio-class submarines, forcing the Federal to quietly restore the company’s operations.
• Xu Yue, Skyfire, the Reincarnators, and the Transformers discussed using the captured submarines and prepared to seek the New Energy Source and revive Optimus Prime.
• Kariel ordered her forces to wipe out the Heretics and kill the companions of justice for the intelligence they could provide.
• Skyfire teleported the main force beneath the pyramid, where the Supreme Divine Court and the arriving forces formed three Primary Military Formations and clashed.

Kariel and the Three Groups deployed their elite military formations, startling The Fallen with their strength and making him wary of both sides. As The Fallen offered to favor whoever destroyed Optimus Prime’s remains first, Xu Yue said he could revive Optimus Prime soon and had sensed the other Twelve Primes.

• Kariel and the Three Groups each activated a compact Primary Military Formation while Nakayama Shion and Albert held back to guard against contingencies.
• Kariel’s angelic formation proved stronger than any single formation the Three Groups could field, while Bao Bell and Dangerly also revealed their formations.
• The Fallen sensed that the formations could threaten him and began to suspect that Kariel’s side had concealed their strength.
• Bao Bell, Kariel, and Dangerly each tried to influence The Fallen, who offered to favor whichever side destroyed Optimus Prime’s remains first.
• Xu Yue told the others to stall because he could soon revive Optimus Prime and had sensed the other Twelve Primes.

Kariel attacked Optimus Prime with a massive burst of military formation power, forcing Dangerly and Bao Bell to intercept the unstable blade beam. A graceful figure appeared in front of Optimus Prime and Xu Yue and effortlessly neutralized the resulting explosion.

• Dangerly and Bao Bell tested Kariel with coordinated attacks, but she burned away their attempts and drove them back.
• Kariel judged that she could not afford a prolonged fight and grew frustrated that The Fallen had not joined her attack.
• After receiving Nakayama Shion's suggestion, Kariel poured nearly half her formation power into a blade beam aimed at Optimus Prime and Xu Yue.
• Dangerly and Bao Bell joined forces to intercept the blade beam, but its unstable impact created an even greater explosion.
• A graceful figure descended before Optimus Prime and Xu Yue and neutralized the blast without letting its force spread.

Aili neutralized the three military formations’ combined attack and said Optimus Prime had to be resurrected for her Master. The Fallen shattered Bao Bell’s Sagittarius star chart, but Xu Yue’s new module and Skyfire’s sacrifice restored and empowered Optimus Prime, leaving The Fallen convinced he had uncovered Unicron’s plan.

• Aili appeared and completely canceled the three military formations’ combined attack, startling the Reincarnators and The Fallen.
• Bao Bell asked Aili to help defeat their enemies, but she said Optimus Prime only had to survive until he was resurrected for her Master.
• The Fallen struck while the others were distracted and shattered Bao Bell’s Sagittarius star chart, nearly exhausting its power.
• Xu Yue’s new module snapped into Optimus Prime’s wreckage, and Skyfire sacrificed himself to repair and strengthen Optimus Prime.
• Optimus Prime’s power surged after Skyfire’s components merged with him, while The Fallen mistakenly concluded that Unicron had arranged the resurrection to counter the Primes’ hidden contingencies.

After being resurrected, Optimus Prime gained overwhelming strength and attacked The Fallen, while the Stellar Alchemy Array began activating and Kariel moved to support The Fallen. Kariel destroyed Bao Bell and Dangerly’s military formations, but their crews survived, and she raced toward the fight believing she could still control the situation.

• First Awakening Heaven told Optimus Prime that he could defeat The Fallen and reminded him of his mission before the Twelve Primes vanished.
• Optimus Prime charged The Fallen and battered him so badly that Megatron, Starscream, and the Decepticons froze in shock.
• The pyramid under Kariel’s protection began activating the Stellar Alchemy Array, which could extinguish the sun to create an energy source for The Fallen’s Soul Suppressing Spear.
• The Fallen urged Kariel to hold off their enemies until the array finished, and Kariel linked her Intermediate Military Formation seamlessly with a Primary Military Formation.
• Kariel destroyed Bao Bell and Dangerly’s military formations with one sword slash, but their crews survived with injuries.
• Kariel hurried to join The Fallen against Optimus Prime, convinced her enhanced power could overcome them.

Kariel used the Supreme Divine Court's enhanced Military Formation to overpower Optimus Prime and restrain him as leverage against The Fallen. When she attacked Xu Yue, he effortlessly forced her and the formation to kneel, leaving Kariel terrified by his authority.

• The Fallen welcomed Kariel's offer to help him, and she unleashed her enhanced power against Optimus Prime.
• Kariel severed Optimus Prime's limbs and bound him with radiant chains, keeping him alive as a bargaining chip.
• Xu Yue appeared beside the sealed Optimus Prime, and Kariel accused him of wanting Optimus Prime dead before attacking him.
• Xu Yue nullified Kariel's sword strike and forced the giant angel and the Supreme Divine Court Reincarnators into submission.
• Kariel realized she could not raise her head before Xu Yue and wondered whether she was facing her Lord.

Xu Yue revealed his power as a Lord Observer, modified The Fallen’s Alchemy Array to enhance flesh-and-blood beings, and let the Reincarnators realize he had been manipulating events. He promised them a reward before scrambling their memories and experiences.

• The Fallen recognized Xu Yue as a Lord Observer and prostrated himself before him, while the other Transformers and Reincarnators recoiled from Xu Yue’s overwhelming presence.
• Xu Yue transformed the Alchemy Array so it could continually draw solar energy and enhance both mechanical and flesh-and-blood lifeforms, despite shortening the sun’s lifespan.
• The Fallen guessed that Xu Yue intended to use the array to entice the Reincarnators into conflict, and Xu Yue encouraged him to make the game more interesting.
• Kariel pointed out that Xu Yue had repeatedly manipulated events around Optimus Prime, and the Reincarnators realized that he was a Reincarnator himself.
• Xu Yue promised the Reincarnators a reward, snapped his fingers, and began scrambling their memories and experiences.