Chapter Summaries

After the Nine Domains Realm merged into Borderless and became Mortals, the Great Calamity was announced: ten great powers would fight until only three remained. Lu Chen began preparing Mortals for war, then set out to pursue a mission involving the Mechanical Race’s intelligent core, Origin.

• The Saint Spirit Emperor explained that the palace’s name, Mortals, had inspired Lu Chen, and Lu Chen accepted it as the new name for the Nine Domains Realm.
• A Heavenly Sound announced that Borderless was complete and warned that seven of its ten great powers would perish in the coming calamity.
• Lu Chen received a main quest to lead Mortals to victory, while the Wentian Master and Flame Emperor were tasked with consolidating Mortals’ forces and forming an army.
• Lu Chen received a mission to seize Origin, the Mechanical Race’s highest-level intelligent control core, for 150,000 System Points.
• Lu Chen surveyed Borderless and noted that Mortals lay on the southeastern edge of the outer ring, near the Angel Holy Light Heavenly Kingdom, Abyssal Heaven Immortal Dynasty, and Green Alliance.

Lu Chen infiltrated the Mechanical Race and learned that the supreme intelligent core Yuan would soon emerge and choose a host, who would become the Mechanical Race’s future leader. He reached the Mechanical Origin Spring and confirmed Yuan was reflected within it, preparing to steal it despite the Mechanical Race’s formidable strength.

• Lu Chen used Space Law to enter the Mechanical Race and concealed himself after drawing attention as the only person without mechanical parts.
• He read the memories of a Level Seven mechanical lifeform and learned about the Mechanical Race’s twelve levels and the upcoming emergence of Yuan.
• Lu Chen discovered that Yuan’s chosen host would immediately reach Level Ten and eventually become the Mechanical Brain of the Mechanical Race.
• After weighing the Mechanical Race’s strength, Lu Chen decided to continue his mission and sneaked toward the Mechanical Origin Spring.
• Lu Chen reached the spring, saw the microchip containing Yuan reflected inside it, and realized the surrounding mechanical lifeforms had gathered to witness its emergence.

Lu Chen witnessed the Supreme Intelligence Chip nearing birth as the Insectoid Race infiltrated the Mechanical Kingdom and launched an attack. The Mechanical Brain confronted the Insect Queen, who explained that the Insect Race wanted to obtain a mechanical insect branch to overcome its bottleneck.

• Lu Chen noticed a red insect among the mechanical lifeforms and suspected that other races would compete for the Supreme Control Core.
• The Mechanical Brain warned concealed outsiders to leave before the Supreme Control Core was born, but no one responded.
• As the Supreme Intelligence Chip began to emerge, many mechanical lifeforms attacked the Energy Core, and Lu Chen spotted an insect inside one attacker.
• The Mechanical Brain's forces destroyed or disabled the controlled mechanical lifeforms as the Insectoid Race swarmed into the Mechanical Kingdom.
• The Mechanical Brain confronted the Insect Queen, who said the Insect Race sought a mechanical insect branch to advance beyond its bottleneck.

Lu Chen spotted a chance to exploit the Insectoid race’s depleted territory while the Mechanical Race and insectoids fought over the forming Supreme Intelligence Chip. Sun Wukong and the others attacked the Insectoid Kingdom, where Golden Cicada sensed his opportunity inside a vast hive, while Lu Chen waited to seize the chip as it emerged.

• Lu Chen told Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, and the others that the Insectoid territory was largely undefended, so they traveled there to investigate and cause trouble.
• Nezha unleashed Samadhi True Fire across the Insectoid Kingdom, but blue and green insectoids sprayed freezing water that weakened the flames, forcing the group to flee as more powerful insectoids emerged from the hive.
• Golden Cicada sensed that his opportunity lay within the hive because his true form was the Six-Winged Golden Cicada, but he judged the hive’s insectoids too powerful to face and fled with the others toward the Holy Light Heavenly Kingdom.
• Lu Chen watched the battle in the Mechanical Kingdom and waited for the Supreme Intelligence Chip to separate from the Energy Core so he could seize it.
• The Supreme Intelligence Chip broke free and released a domain across the Mechanical Kingdom, greatly strengthening the mechanical lifeforms as both sides desperately fought over it.

The Mechanical Race and foreign Immortal experts fought over the Supreme Intelligence Chip while the Mechanical Brain assembled dozens of Immortal combat powers to defend it. The chip chose an apparently empty spot, and the Mechanical Brain fired Laser Eyes at it.

• The Supreme Intelligence Chip empowered the Mechanical Race, prompting Immortal experts from other races to appear and target the chip.
• The Mechanical Brain fused mechanical lifeforms into nine Immortal combat powers, and the Immortal Realm Flame Dragon warned that destroying the Mechanical Brain would make them fall apart.
• As more foreign experts joined the battle, the Mechanical Brain built more than forty Immortal Machines and struggled to hold the defense line.
• The Supreme Intelligence Chip found a master and sent a beam of light down toward the ground as the foreign experts launched a desperate attack.
• The beam stopped over an empty spot, leaving the assembled experts confused, and the Mechanical Brain fired Laser Eyes at the chosen location.

Lu Chen obtained the Supreme Intelligence Chip, prompting the Mechanical Brain to send Immortal Machines after him while other races intervened. The Insect Queen captured Lu Chen, but he intended to use the trip to the Insectoid Hive to wipe out the Zerg.

• The Supreme Intelligence Chip chose Lu Chen and entered his Sea of Consciousness, shocking the assembled experts.
• The Mechanical Brain sent Immortal Machines to seize Lu Chen, and foreign-race experts helped him escape the Mechanical Kingdom.
• The Insect Queen confronted Lu Chen and demanded the chip, then bound him in a swarm and carried him toward the Insectoid Hive.
• Lu Chen told Sun Wukong to prepare their people to clean up the battlefield, revealing his plan to wipe out the Zerg.
• Sun Wukong questioned Lu Chen’s plan, stunned that he intended to exterminate the formidable Zerg.

Lu Chen entered the Insectoid Hive, claimed the Supreme Wisdom Chip, and received a mission to kill the Insect Queen. He unleashed the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, destroyed the hive’s undying defenders, and prepared to strike the gathered insects with a massive bolt of lightning.

• Lu Chen returned to the Insectoid Hive with the Insect Queen and saw her true body, from which all the hive’s insects were born.
• Lu Chen completed the Reversal Mission for the Supreme Wisdom Chip, received 150,000 System Points, and was assigned a new mission to kill the Insect Queen.
• The Insect Queen threatened Lu Chen and offered to spare the Mortal World if he surrendered the Supreme Intelligence Core and submitted to the hive.
• Lu Chen crushed the Purple Firmament Jade Talisman, transformed into divine thunder, and turned the attacking undying Insectoid Hive creatures to ash.
• The Insectoid Hive’s creatures gathered around the Insect Queen, and Lu Chen summoned thunderclouds across the Boundless Realm to unleash a massive strike.

Lu Chen used a one-time Purple Firmament Thunder Talisman to annihilate the Insect race and kill the Insect Queen, completing his Reversal Mission. After Sun Wukong and the others arrived, Lu Chen explained that the treasure had let him control the thunder once, but he remained puzzled by the power still gestating inside the Queen’s body.

• Sun Wukong, Yang Jian, Nezha, Tang Sanzang, and the others sensed the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder and realized it was gathering over the Insect race, where Lu Chen was fighting.
• Lu Chen used the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder to turn the Insect race to ashes, while the Insect Queen desperately spawned powerful new members that were also destroyed.
• Lu Chen struck the Insect Queen with a thunder dragon, and she died beneath the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
• Lu Chen noticed that the Insect Queen’s body remained intact and seemed to contain growing Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, even though she had no life left.
• The Semi-transparent Panel confirmed that Lu Chen had annihilated the Insect race and completed his Reversal Mission, awarding him 300,000 System Points.
• Sun Wukong and the others arrived, and Lu Chen told them that a one-time supreme treasure had let him control the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.

Lu Chen revealed that he could control the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, while the Insect Queen’s body began mutating as it absorbed the thunder. Tang Sanzang started refining her into a clone to rebuild the insect clan, and Lu Chen considered using his System Points to create a mechanical Gundam clone.

• Lu Chen summoned Purple Firmament Divine Thunder and explained that controlling it drained too much of his strength to use carelessly.
• Tang Sanzang discovered that the Insect Queen’s body was fusing with the thunder and explained that her Law of Life had preserved and transformed her body after her soul was destroyed.
• Tang Sanzang asked Lu Chen for the Insect Queen’s body and decided to refine it into a clone that could nurture thunder-wielding insects and help guard the Mortal Realm.
• Lu Chen urged Tang Sanzang to begin refining the clone before other races entered the insect clan’s territory, and the Six-Winged Golden Cicada merged into the Insect Queen’s body.
• Lu Chen pondered how to spend his remaining five hundred thousand System Points and settled on the idea of creating a mechanical Gundam clone.

Lu Chen bought a Primordial Mechanical Energy Core and decided to use it with the Supreme Intelligence Control Chip to refine a mechanical clone. He entered the Mechanical Nucleus disguised inside a controlled mechanical lifeform, hoping to learn how to build it, and found that the facility awarded Mechanical Points for clearing checkpoints.

• Lu Chen spent five hundred thousand System Points on a Primordial Mechanical Energy Core to pair with the Supreme Intelligence Control Chip.
• Lu Chen asked Sun Wukong to protect Golden Cicada, then used the Space Law to travel to the Mechanical Kingdom.
• Lu Chen captured a Dao Monarch Realm mechanical lifeform and had Dusty World seize its mind to learn how the Mechanical Race constructed new lifeforms.
• Lu Chen used Red Dust Threads to turn the mechanical lifeform into a Mechanical Puppet and hid inside its inner space.
• Lu Chen guided the Mechanical Puppet through the identity checks and into the Mechanical Nucleus, where he discovered that clearing checkpoints earned Mechanical Points.

Lu Chen won the Mahjong Stage with an All-of-a-Kind Heavenly Hand and earned 100,000 Mechanical Points. He entered a Mirror of Luck Stage, where the mirror stopped on gray, the highest luck level.

• Lu Chen entered the Mahjong Stage and learned that victory could award up to 100,000 Mechanical Points.
• Lu Chen drew a Five Bamboo and revealed an All-of-a-Kind Heavenly Hand, winning the match immediately.
• The stage awarded Lu Chen 100,000 Mechanical Points, and he moved on to another stage.
• Lu Chen entered the Mirror of Luck Stage and stood before the mirror for its luck assessment.
• The Mirror of Luck cycled through its colors and stopped on gray, leaving Lu Chen stunned.

Lu Chen cleared the Mechanical Nucleus checkpoints, earning 10,400,000 Mechanical Points before selecting the Balanced Type in the Mechanical Shop. He began spending his points on top-tier materials for a new mechanical lifeform.

• Lu Chen earned the maximum 100,000 Mechanical Points in the second, third, and fourth checkpoints, bringing his total to 400,000.
• At the fifth checkpoint, Lu Chen placed the Primordial Mechanical Energy Core and Supreme Intelligence Chip on the altar, which awarded him 10,000,000 points for their highest-grade evaluation.
• Lu Chen left the checkpoints and selected the Balanced Type for the Mechanical Shop, deciding it was more versatile than the specialized types.
• Lu Chen opened the highest-tier material module and chose Folded Alloy, Entropy Flow Iris, Synergy Nerve Strands, Twilight Elegy Coating, the Observer's Eye, and materials from the Power, Agility, and Transformation Types.

Lu Chen used top-tier materials, the Supreme Control Chip, and the Primordial Mechanical Energy Core to begin creating a soul-bound mechanical clone in the Mechanical Incubation Pool. After three days of the pool draining the Mechanical Kingdom and its inhabitants, a towering mechanical lifeform emerged, threatening the Mechanical Brain’s authority.

• Lu Chen split off part of his soul and fused it into the Supreme Control Chip so the mechanical lifeform would become his clone.
• Lu Chen placed the chip, the Primordial Mechanical Energy Core, and his exchanged materials into the Mechanical Incubation Pool, which began consuming the Mechanical Kingdom’s energy.
• The Mechanical Brain sensed the pool gestating a lifeform that might surpass it and realized it had a ninety-nine percent chance of losing a contest for Mechanical Authority.
• The Mechanical Brain considered destroying the pool but chose to accept the mechanical laws and hoped the new lifeform would grow stronger.
• After three days of the pool draining energy from the kingdom and its mechanical lifeforms, a mechanical lifeform over twenty meters tall appeared amid a burst of light and pressure.

Lu Chen’s mechanical clone became an Immortal-level Primordial Arbiter and challenged the mechanical brain for the mechanical authority. Lu Cang entered the mechanical battlefield to face it, while Lu Chen hoped victory would bring the mechanical race under his control.

• Lu Chen discovered his mechanical clone’s powerful Immortal-level form and named it Lu Cang.
• Lu Cang declared that the mechanical authority belonged to him and challenged the mechanical brain.
• The mechanical race went on alert as a vortex opened to the battlefield where authority challenges were decided.
• Lu Cang and the mechanical brain entered the mechanical battlefield, and Lu Chen hoped to unite the mechanical and insect races with the mortal realm.
• Lu Cang saw the mechanical brain’s true form inside the battlefield.

Lu Cang battled Kong for the Mechanical Authority and won, learning that Kong intended to pass on his power so Lu Cang could lead the Mechanical Race through the coming calamity. Kong gave Lu Cang the authority and prepared to fuse his energy into him to help him reach the Sovereign Realm.

• Kong transformed from a Sky Mother Ship into a humanoid Mechanical Lifeform, introduced himself to Lu Cang, and explained his plan to pass the Mechanical Authority to a stronger successor.
• Lu Cang revealed that the Supreme Chip Kong believed had been stolen was with him.
• Kong attacked Lu Cang, but Lu Cang's superior abilities and calculations kept him at an advantage throughout their three-day battle.
• Kong stopped fighting, admitted defeat, and handed the Mechanical Authority to Lu Cang instead of forcing him to kill him.
• Kong urged Lu Cang to fuse the authority into his Supreme Control Chip and promised to merge his energy with Lu Cang's so he could ascend to the Sovereign Realm.

Lu Cang fused with the Mechanical Authority and became the Mechanical Race’s leader, then absorbed Kong’s energy and the Mechanical Race’s power to reach the threshold of the Dominator Realm. As Lu Cang faced a heavenly tribulation, Lu Chen tried to distract other races by announcing an auction of Primordial Violet Qi.

• Lu Cang fused the Mechanical Authority with his Supreme Intelligence Control Chip, gaining control over the Mechanical Race as its lifeforms recognized him as their new leader.
• Lu Cang learned that the Mechanical Empire had twelve Mechanical War Emperors who could combine into a Dominator Realm fighter, along with thirty-six War Kings capable of reaching Immortal Realm combat power.
• Kong gave Lu Cang his energy to help him break through, then sacrificed his body to provide the final burst of power.
• Lu Cang called on the Mechanical Race to lend him their energy, bringing him to the threshold of the Dominator Realm and summoning a heavenly tribulation.
• Lu Chen went to the sky above the Angel Nation and announced that he was auctioning Primordial Violet Qi to draw attention away from Lu Cang.
• Supreme Being Realm experts examined the Primordial Violet Qi and reacted with shock.

Lu Chen offered the Primordial Violet Qi for auction, requiring the Immortal and Supreme Being Realm powerhouses to attack the Angels before they could bid. As Lu Cang broke through to the Dominator Realm, the auction reached five Dominator Supreme Treasures, with Lu Chen still waiting to see whether anyone would raise the price.

• Lu Chen made participation in the Primordial Violet Qi auction conditional on attacking the Angels, and the gathered powerhouses severely wounded the three Angels until they fled.
• Lu Chen proposed a turn-based auction for the Primordial Violet Qi, and the Immortal Giant Dragon opened with Dragon Pearls and an Immortal Supreme Treasure.
• The bidders steadily raised their offers as Lu Chen sensed that Lu Cang was nearing the end of his Dominator Heavenly Tribulation.
• Lu Cang broke through to the Dominator Realm and sent energy throughout the Mechanical Empire, strengthening its mechanical lifeforms.
• The Primordial Violet Qi auction reached five Dominator Supreme Treasures, and Lu Chen asked whether anyone would bid higher.

Lu Cang revealed himself as the Mechanical Race’s new Dominator Realm leader and secured Lu Chen’s Primordial Violet Qi at auction. Lu Chen then witnessed the Insect Queen’s clone awaken with Purple Firmament Divine Thunder and produce an army of thunder worms.

• Lu Cang arrived at the auction, offered ten Dominator Supreme Treasures, and revealed that he was the Mechanical Race’s new leader, Cang, who had reached the Dominator Realm.
• Lu Chen accepted Lu Cang’s offer for the Primordial Violet Qi and invited him to the Dusty World, then left with him for the Mechanical Empire.
• Lu Chen praised Lu Cang’s Gundam-like body and headed to the insect race after confirming that his Mechanical Clone had become its leader.
• Golden Cicada merged his soul into the Insect Queen’s body, creating a clone whose eyes matched his own.
• The Insect Queen’s clone released more than ten thousand Purple Firmament Thunder Worms, which gathered and unleashed a powerful mass of Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.

Tang Sanzang’s Purple Firmament Thunder Worms severely injured Sun Wukong, and his Insect Queen clone neared a breakthrough to the Dominator Realm. Lu Chen auctioned the Primordial Violet Qi again while the Angel King prepared to attack the mortal world in three days.

• Tens of thousands of Purple Firmament Thunder Worms combined their divine thunder into a dragon that broke through Sun Wukong’s defenses and left him drenched in blood.
• Tang Sanzang explained that the Insect Queen clone could breed Thunder Worms without limit and was close to reaching the Dominator Realm after fusing with Purple Firmament Divine Thunder.
• Lu Chen told Tang Sanzang to focus on breaking through, then left the insect race as tribulation clouds gathered over the clone.
• Lu Chen announced another auction of Primordial Violet Qi, drawing powerful figures from across the Boundless World.
• The Angel King ordered the Nine Archangels to prepare an army and attack the mortal world in three days.
• Lu Chen told the Immortal Giant Dragon that Cang had deceived him by offering only one Dominator Supreme Treasure instead of ten.

Lu Chen resumed auctioning the Primordial Violet Qi after claiming the Mechanical Ruler had tried to force a sale. The Insect Queen broke through to the Dominator Realm and arrived with a bid of ten Dominator Supreme Treasures, leaving Lu Chen to declare that he trusted her.

• Lu Chen claimed the Mechanical Ruler had tried to seize the Primordial Violet Qi, then invited the assembled experts to bid on it.
• The Insect Queen absorbed tribulation lightning, nurtured countless insect cocoons, and broke through to the Dominator Realm.
• Lu Chen's auction reached four Dominator Supreme Treasures before the Insect Queen arrived with a swarm of insects.
• The Insect Queen bid ten Dominator Supreme Treasures, and the other experts warned Lu Chen not to trust her.
• Lu Chen said he trusted the Insect Queen, alarming the other experts.