Chapter Summaries

Yang Yue secured permission to govern remote Hanlin Realm and promised to grow its economy and population without using her royal privileges. Meanwhile, Star Ancient Empire and Elf Empire commanders agreed on a joint attack against the insectoids, with Bai Lin directing the plan to avoid a costly meat grinder.

• Yang Yue chose Hanlin Realm, promised to double its economy and increase its population by 10% within a century, and received Yang Yu's approval to govern it in a month.
• Three Star Ancient Empire fleet groups arrived at Sena Realm, where Marshal Milameng's forces greeted Bai Lin, Alisa, and Xiahou.
• Bai Lin and Milameng agreed that neither empire's fleet would take orders from the other, and the Elf Empire insisted on leading the attack.
• Bai Lin assigned Alisa to the right wing, Xiahou to the left, and the Sixth Joint Fleet to break through the insectoids' Star Boundary Line defenses.
• Bai Lin ordered the two attacking fleets to enter the battlefield ten minutes after the Elf Empire's first strike and warned them not to engage in a meat grinder.

Bai Lin coordinated the Star Ancient Empire and Elf Empire’s assault on the Zerg, while Marshal Milameng ordered the Elf forces to seize Sparta World and fight without retreating. As the battle intensified, Alisa and Marshal Xiahou entered the fray, and the Sixth Joint Fleet prepared a massive strike.

• Alisa and Marshal Xiahou accepted Bai Lin’s arrangements, while Marshal Milameng ordered the Elf commanders to protect their empire’s dignity and focus on defeating the Zerg.
• Milameng ordered Mansa Fal, Rolande, Aux, and other commanders to launch an assault on Sparta World, with additional T0-Level Joint Fleet Groups assigned to reinforce the battle.
• Fifteen minutes later, the Elf Empire’s six T0-Level Joint Fleets attacked fiercely, and damaged warships fought to the death instead of retreating.
• Alisa expressed surprise at the Elf Empire’s ferocity, and Bai Lin warned her and Marshal Xiahou to join the battle before the Zerg overwhelmed the Elf forces.
• Alisa and Marshal Xiahou sent two Fleet Groups into the battle as the Sixth Joint Fleet charged its weapons and opened fire.

The Star Ancient Empire and Elf Empire turned the tide against the Zerg at Sparta World while their leaders faced the Anti-Star Ancient Empire Alliance in high-dimensional space. Yang Yu refused to back down, and the Goddess of Life pledged the Elf Empire’s full support.

• The Sixth, Ninth, and Tenth Joint Fleets unleashed overwhelming firepower, destroying Zerg mother ships and easing pressure on the Elf Empire’s frontline.
• Marshal Milameng ordered the Elf Empire’s entire army to attack while the Zerg were caught off guard, and Bai Lin raised his fleet group’s output to 90%.
• The Former Zerg Mother Empress confronted Xingchen as leaders of the Anti-Star Ancient Empire Alliance gathered in Seven-Dimensional Space and challenged the Star Ancient Empire and Elf Empire.
• Yang Yu appeared by interstellar projection and ordered Xingchen to fight to the death if the alliance chose war, warning that the Star Ancient Empire would flip the table rather than retreat.
• The Goddess of Life pledged that the Elf Empire would remain the Star Ancient Empire’s steadfast ally and expand cooperation, including military exchanges.

Yang Yu challenged the Anti-Star Ancient Empire Alliance and vanished, leaving its leaders to argue over the coming war. The Mechanical God Lord tried to rally them against the Zerg and Elf Empire, but the Dwarf leader pointed out the dangers of attacking them.

• Yang Yu told the gathered leaders that the Star Ancient Empire could flip their table and invited them to meet him on the battlefield before his projection disappeared.
• Xingchen and the Goddess of Life left the gathering, while the Beast Lord offered the Zerg Mother Empress military support against the Star Ancient Empire.
• The Zerg Mother Empress rejected the offer, recalling how the other races had once driven the Zerg into the Dark Star Region.
• The Mechanical God Lord proposed attacking the Zerg first and urged the Beastman, Dwarf, and Goblin leaders to suppress the Zerg and Elf Empire.
• The Dwarf leader warned that the Star Ancient Empire could support the Elf Empire and that the Dwarf Empire risked being attacked if it invaded.

The Anti-Star Ancient Empire Alliance arranged to use the Dwarf Empire and other forces against the Elf Empire, while Yang Yu and Bai Mu assessed the Zerg’s plans. Yang Yu ordered Nightfall to offer the Beastman Empire support and warships in exchange for resources, hoping to turn it away from the alliance’s scheme.

• The Beastman, Serpentman, Sky-Ox, and Goblin empires each promised three Mythic-Class fleets for a campaign against the Elf Empire, and Adolf Lehman agreed to send three Dwarf fleets as well.
• Yang Yu and Bai Mu discussed how the Zerg might exploit the war or counterinvade the Beastman Empire, while the alliance could use a Dwarf attack to weaken the Elf Empire’s flank.
• Yang Yu ordered Ye Shou to have Nightfall contact the Beastman Empire and offer cooperation and warships in exchange for resources.
• Bai Mu questioned whether the pressured Beastman Empire would accept Yang Yu’s offer.

Yang Yu invited the Elven Queen to visit the Star Ancient Empire as the Anti-Star Ancient Empire Alliance threatened its allies. Queen Xiofu accepted, while the Half-Beastman Empire's situation remained unresolved as a stranger appeared in its palace.

• Yang Yu told Bai Mu to invite Queen Xiofu to the Star Ancient Empire, seeking to prepare for danger and discuss matters with her.
• The Goddess of Life warned Queen Xiofu that the Dwarf Empire and nearby alliance members could threaten the Elf Empire, and Xiofu agreed to visit the Star Ancient Empire the next day.
• The Goddess of Life said the Elf Empire was already caught in the storm and promised to watch over it while Xiofu was away.
• In the Half-Beastman Empire's capital, a young man in the palace demanded to know who the figure that had suddenly appeared was.

Ye Shou offered Ma Shikefu Crouch T1-class warships in exchange for rare resources and a military feint against the Elf Empire. Ma Shikefu questioned the price and proposed buying ten billion warships.

• Ye Shou met Beastmen Emperor Ma Shikefu Crouch in the Beastmen Empire's temple and proposed establishing trade relations.
• Ye Shou offered the empire T1-class warships, assuring Ma Shikefu that they matched mainstream warships and came with manuals in the Beastmen language.
• Ye Shou explained that half the warships were unused and the rest had been maintained without seeing combat, and said the quantity depended on Ma Shikefu's budget.
• Ye Shou demanded rare resources from one realm for every million warships and asked the Beastmen to station troops near their boundary and the Elf Empire's Tashan Realm as a feint.
• Ma Shikefu balked at the price, then asked whether he could buy ten billion warships and form ten T0-level fleets.

Ye Shou offered the Beastman Empire warships from the Star Ancient Empire, and Emperor Ma Shikefu Crouch accepted the purchase and received a storage ring. After Ye Shou left, Ma Shikefu reflected on the Star Ancient Empire’s power and wondered whether his own empire could someday reach it.

• Ma Shikefu Crouch asked to buy up to one billion warships, and Ye Shou agreed to the transaction after confirming the contract.
• Ye Shou presented a Space Ring containing one hundred million warships and explained how to use it.
• Ma Shikefu completed the ring’s identity verification and learned that it supported Artificial Intelligence recognition and inheritance rights.
• Ye Shou reassured Ma Shikefu that the warships came with instructions, offered personal training, and promised an unconditional return if the Beastman Empire could not learn to use them within seven days.
• Ye Shou vanished from Ma Shikefu’s temple, and Ma Shikefu admired the Star Ancient Empire’s strength while recalling its conquest of the Zerg’s Bison Realm.

The Star Ancient Empire's six Joint Fleets fought the Zerg in the Scott Realm while the empire rushed to build production bases and warship facilities in the Bison Realm. Academician Wang Feng visited Li Muyao to ask when the Zerg under her study could be sent to the battlefield.

• Bai Wen urged the six Joint Fleets to hold out for a week, and Lin Xiao and the other marshals pledged to cripple the Zerg vanguard.
• Bai Wen left detailed battlefield planning to the marshals while the six Joint Fleets launched an all-out attack on the Zerg's main forces in the Scott Realm.
• Wang Yang ordered construction teams to build thousands of T0-Level Warship production lines and docking ports in the Bison Realm, with a goal of reaching one hundred thousand of each.
• Wang Feng visited Li Muyao aboard the Biological Research Mothership and asked how her Zerg experiments were progressing and when they could join the battlefield.

Li Muyao reassured Academician Wang Yang that the Zerg Project would not threaten his construction work, then learned that Mu Ying Princess had awakened with strength beyond their instruments’ ability to measure. Su Tianlong reported that she possessed mysterious genetic codes and a deeper Gene Lock than theory predicted, leaving Li Muyao to caution him against investigating too deeply.

• Academician Wang Yang warned Li Muyao that the Zerg might attack the berthing ports and T0-Level Warship production lines, and she promised they would not.
• An academician informed Li Muyao that Mu Ying Princess had awakened and that Su Tianlong wanted to speak with her.
• Su Tianlong told Li Muyao that their tests could not detect Mu Ying Princess’s true strength, which surpassed an ordinary Ninth-Order Lifeform.
• Su Tianlong revealed that Mu Ying Princess’s genes contained mysterious higher-level codes that their technology could not read.
• Su Tianlong theorized that the codes might relate to identity and memory, while Li Muyao warned him not to investigate Ninth-Order Lifeforms too deeply.

Li Muyao assigned Su Tianlong to lead preparations for a Ninth-Order Lifeform project while she investigated Mu Ying Princess’s unusual condition. Meanwhile, Yang Yu received Elven Queen Xiofu, negotiated a discounted warship deal, and was stunned when she requested two billion warships.

• Li Muyao told Su Tianlong to seek funding and lead the Ninth-Order Lifeform project, then decided to question Bai Mu about Mu Ying Princess’s origins.
• Bai Mu reported that the insect race had sent over sixty percent of its forces toward the Koster Realm and that the Beastman Empire wanted to buy one billion warships.
• Yang Yu instructed that the Beastman Empire’s order be delayed and arranged for Mu Ying Princess to receive Elven Queen Xiofu.
• Mu Ying Princess welcomed Xiofu, and Yang Yu met with the queen the next day to discuss cooperation and warship prices.
• Yang Yu offered the Elf Empire 1.1 million warships for the price of one million, and Xiofu requested two billion warships after mishearing Lanny Leon’s suggestion of two hundred million.

The Elven Queen Xiofu negotiated a massive warship purchase with the Star Ancient Empire and was awed by its military strength. The chapter ended with Yang Yu agreeing to sell the Elf Empire one hundred Star-Class Battleships in exchange for needed resources from the Revival World.

• Xiofu corrected Lin Er’s estimate and agreed that the Elf Empire would purchase 2.2 billion T1-Class Warships, including a ten-percent gift from the Star Ancient Empire.
• Xiofu and Lanny Leon visited Divine Martial World and saw the First United Fleet’s Tenth Fleet Group and its Star-Class Battleship.
• Xiofu offered all the resources of the Revival World for one hundred Star-Class Battleships, and Lin Er eagerly accepted the deal.
• Yang Yu limited the payment to resources the Star Ancient Empire needed and said the rest would remain with the Elf Empire because they were allies.
• Lanny Leon grabbed Xiofu as they entered the Star Fortress, fearing she would try to buy the fortress as well.

Yang Yu showed the Elf Empire’s envoys the Star Fortress and the warships they had purchased, then learned that several neighboring empires were preparing to attack the elves. As the Star Ancient Empire continued fighting the insectoids, Yang Yu ordered Bai Wen to ensure the war was won for the sake of human civilization.

• Bai Mu revealed that the Star Fortress contained a universe-sized interior designed to preserve the Star Ancient Empire’s legacy, and Yang Yu assured Xiofu that sharing the secret would not endanger the alliance.
• Bai Mu and Nan Wentian showed Xiofu and Lanny Leon the stored warships, including the Elf Empire’s two billion T1 ships, and explained that they had kept the weapons and prepared manuals in the elves’ language.
• Yang Yu learned that the Finance Minister had sold the Elf Empire a T0 command mothership to help it use its fleet and defend against neighboring invaders, and he approved her decision.
• Bai Wen reported that the main battlefield was still raging and that the Dwarf Empire, Goblin Empire, Serpentman Empire, and Sky-Ox Empire were likely preparing to attack the Elf Empire.
• Yang Yu ordered Bai Wen to continue the war decisively, warning that the Star Ancient Empire’s defeat would leave human civilization vulnerable to high-dimensional civilizations.

Yang Yu visited Hanhai Realm, discovered severe abuses of imperial policy, and ordered the Imperial Cabinet to address them. He then reached the Space-Time Research Institute in Mystic Ice World and met the gaze of Lin Jiu, an academician whose potential had drawn his attention.

• Xiofu agreed to pay for the warships, and Lin Er explained that the T1-Class Warships could be delivered immediately while the remaining Star-Class Battleships would arrive over time.
• Yang Yu traveled incognito to Hanhai Realm with Bai Mu, where they discovered news of prohibited private schools and other troubling local practices.
• Yang Yu ordered Bai Mu to notify the Imperial Cabinet that Hanhai Realm's problems needed attention.
• Yang Yu arrived at the Space-Time Research Institute and learned that Lin Jiu led the project researching a system for populating the Low-Dimensional World.
• Lin Jiu looked toward the observation window and met Yang Yu's gaze, while he wondered why she seemed so familiar.

Yang Yu toured the Space-Time Research Institute, questioned the empire’s ability to govern its growing territory, and heard Xingchen reject responsibility for problems in the Hanhai Realm. Xingchen also outlined the approaching Anti-Empire Alliance offensive and predicted that the Zerg would attack the Beastman Empire, leaving Yang Yu to consider how the empire could benefit.

• Yang Yu watched Lin Jiu through a window into the Mystic Ice World, then toured the Space-Time Research Institute with Secretary-General Bai Mu.
• Yang Yu questioned whether the empire could govern itself as it expanded, and Bai Mu reassured him that the Imperial Cabinet would resolve its problems.
• Xingchen appeared and denied responsibility for the Hanhai Realm’s governance, explaining that it was a vassal of the Mystic Ice World and outside her monitoring range.
• Xingchen warned Yang Yu that the Anti-Empire Alliance might attack the Elf Empire’s Naro World within half a month, with forces from several nearby civilizations.
• Yang Yu asked why the Beastman Empire might attack the Zerg rather than its half-blooded kin, and Xingchen predicted that the Zerg would attack the Beastman Empire to avoid being surrounded.
• Xingchen said the empire could seize Zerg territory without pursuing them, allowing the Zerg to attack the Anti-Empire Alliance.

Yang Yu ordered the Beastman Empire’s warships sent to the Zerg while privately hoping to gain their territory through negotiations. In the empire, Prime Minister Long Ye uncovered illegal private banks and schools in Hanhai Realm and ordered officials to investigate and crack down.

• Yang Yu proposed negotiating with the Zerg for their territory, but Xingchen said the Zerg would never surrender or make peace.
• Yang Yu told a contact in the darkness to send the warships purchased by the Beastman Empire to the Zerg as an important chess piece.
• Prime Minister Long Ye confronted Justice Minister Lin Yu, Public Security Minister Bai Hong, Education Minister Han Yin, and Finance Secretary Long Wen with documents showing illegal activity in Hanhai Realm.
• Long Ye demanded explanations for private banks and schools, rising tuition and miscellaneous fees, and gave the officials ten minutes to respond.
• Long Wen ordered Imperial Bank governor Han Li to freeze Hanhai Realm bank accounts outside the Four Great Banks, revoke the banks’ licenses, and remain at home.

Marshal Lin Xiao faced the Zerg’s main force and prepared to use the Time-Space Annihilation Cannon against its mothership. The commanders of the Second and Third United Fleets intervened to stop him from destroying the Koster Realm and promised reinforcements.

• Lin Xiao ordered the surrounded Third Fleet to hold its position without reinforcements until they arrived.
• Si Kong Yuan Xiu reported that General Wu Ming had fallen, the Starry Sky Mothership had been destroyed, and the Fifth Fleet’s main force had scattered after a Zerg ambush in a strong magnetic storm.
• Lin Xiao ordered the Star Mothership to activate all systems and prepare the Time-Space Annihilation Cannon against the Zerg Mothership.
• The adjutant warned Lin Xiao that firing the cannon would destroy several friendly fleets and cripple the Fifth United Fleet.
• Long Ya and Yang Ming projected into the War Room, warned Lin Xiao not to strike the Koster Realm, and promised to send four Fleet Groups to support him.

The original Empire Supercomputer Xingchen revealed herself to the Forbidden Guardian and asked her to protect the empire openly while the Taboo Civilization stayed hidden. Meanwhile, Lin Jiu’s team continued developing a master system at the Space-Time Research Institute.

• The original Empire Supercomputer Xingchen revealed that she had remained hidden in the Central Server and had captured the avatar that tried to take control of it.
• Xingchen told the Forbidden Guardian that Lin Xiao was using ruthless tactics in the Star World war and showed her the battlefields in the Sena Realm and Sparta World.
• Xingchen asked the Forbidden Guardian to ensure her home continued to exist, and the Forbidden Guardian agreed that the empire would protect the Taboo Civilization openly while it protected the empire from the shadows.
• Xingchen asked to be addressed as Her Highness the Princess, explaining that the avatar had requested that title from the Emperor.
• At the Space-Time Research Institute, Lin Jiu approved adding an AI radar system to the master system and rejected an academician’s proposal for a city-themed Tycoon System.

Lin Jiu explained that the Empire’s main system would create and control subsystems, while Queen Xiofu learned that the ring she had received contained 2.2 billion warships. The Elf Empire received news that the Anti-Empire Alliance was mobilizing against the Tasen Realm, leaving Xiofu to consider the threat and whether to send reinforcements.

• Lin Jiu explained the main system and subsystems to the gathered academics and said the project was nearing completion ahead of schedule.
• Lanny Leon asked Gu Wei why no warships had appeared, and Gu Wei revealed that the fleet was stored in Queen Xiofu’s ring.
• Queen Xiofu questioned whether the ring could contain warships, and Gu Wei explained that it held a planetary system’s worth of space.
• Prince Bolante reported that the Dwarf Empire was sending three T0-Class Joint Fleet groups toward the Pamish Realm, with Sky-Ox and Goblin Empire warships also spotted.
• Bolante said General Os had requested reinforcements for the Tasen Realm, and Xiofu asked about the Serpentman Empire, which had not been detected.

Queen Xiofu ordered Marshal Milameng and Marshal Ai Lin to reinforce Naro World and entrusted Bai Lin with command of the insect-war battlefield. She deployed the Star Ancient Empire’s newly purchased fleet, but Marshal Augustus warned that its unfamiliar systems and the imminent battle left little time to prepare.

• Queen Xiofu ordered Marshal Milameng transferred to Naro World and Marshal Ai Lin to take more than half her forces there, while Marshal Augustus remained to guard the City of Life.
• Queen Xiofu appointed Bai Lin to command the imperial forces fighting the insect race and accepted responsibility for any losses if they disobeyed him.
• Lanny Leon urged the empire to deploy its purchased warships to Naro World, and Queen Xiofu agreed.
• Queen Xiofu and her ministers released the purchased fleet in outer space, prompting the City of Life’s defenses to summon a fleet group and request reinforcements.
• Prince Bolante and Lanny Leon told Marshal Augustus to inspect the warships and prepare them for Naro World, and Augustus objected that his troops lacked time and familiarity with their systems.
• Queen Xiofu revealed that the purchase comprised 2.2 billion warships and twenty Command Ships, and ordered Augustus to use the Command Ships with the fleet.