Chapter Summaries

Bai Lin arranged reinforcements and a plan to connect the allied empires’ territories while deciding that the Seven Stars Empire should transport captured dwarf natives. Meanwhile, the Imperial Academy of Engineering launched projects across its institutes and prepared to study captured life forms for their memories.

• Bai Lin rejected handling the defeated natives’ transport directly and ordered the Seven Stars Empire to send ships to move them to the rear and help them build a nation.
• After learning the enemy had launched a second attack with over 150 million warships against the right flank, Bai Lin ordered fleets to reinforce the flanks, lure enemy forces, and prepare powerful strikes.
• Bai Lin ordered Ai Lin Connel to advance through the Beastman Empire’s territory, aiming to connect allied forces across the remaining 78 Six-Dimensional Universes.
• The Imperial Academy of Engineering recalled researchers and launched backup and planned projects after receiving funding from the Reserve National Treasury.
• Director Lin redirected captured warships to the Weapon Research Institute, while researchers prepared to study the captured life forms for their memory information.

The Imperial Academy of Engineering analyzed the captured warships and learned that they belonged to subsidiary civilizations of the Ninth-Order Crimson Flame Civilization, with a greater Taboo Civilization looming behind it. Li Muyao forced a captured Ninth-Order Lifeform to reveal what he knew, then ordered the research to continue using a warrior cultivated from a brain as a test subject for the second Ninth-Order Life Elixir.

• The academicians identified the captured warships as belonging to civilizations subordinate to the Ninth-Order Crimson Flame Civilization and found their technology could improve the empire's systems.
• Li Muzi said the unknown power behind the Crimson Flame Civilization was likely the Taboo Civilization and requested a corpse for study.
• Li Muyao questioned the captured Mount Reliance Sect expert about the Taboo Civilization, threatening to continue his painful experiments until he answered.
• The old man said the Taboo Civilization was the end of countless Eternal Worlds and had persecuted many of them.
• Li Muyao ordered the brain's memories erased and used to cultivate an empire-loyal warrior, while the old man remained alive as a specimen.
• Li Muyao directed that the cultivated warrior be used to test the second Ninth-Order Life Elixir.

Yang Yu learned that the Star Empire might be manipulating him and preparing to invade other worlds, but he chose to leave the matter aside. A week later, the Star Ancient Empire announced that it had become a Ninth-Level Sequence Civilization and made the Beastman Empire, Elf Empire, and Seven Stars Empire its vassals.

• Yi Congshuang delivered Li Muyao's report to Yang Yu, revealing the Star Empire's connection to Civilization Rise and its possible plans to use Yang Yu as a pawn before invading other worlds.
• Yang Yu wondered whether Xingchen had been replaced by a Star System elf, then ordered Secretary-General Bai Mu to represent him at the announcement of the empire's successful Ninth-Order Sequence warship.
• The Star Ancient Empire announced that it had entered the Ninth-Level Sequence and published information about its Ninth-Order Sequence warships.
• The Beastman Empire, Elf Empire, and Seven Stars Empire became vassals, changed their titles to kingdoms, and began promoting the Star Ancient Empire's currency.
• Citizens celebrated the empire's advancement and the kingdoms' submission, while the authorities restricted the news from reaching other civilizations.

The Star Ancient Empire’s cabinet debated how to allocate scarce resources as it upgraded its military factories, ultimately agreeing to prioritize new Mining Spaceships. Lin Er then questioned why Yang Yu had delegated Imperial Study affairs to Bai Mu, and he told her he was tired and asked her to approve a development plan herself.

• The cabinet debated whether to build warships or Mining Spaceships first and agreed that new Mining Spaceships were needed to gather resources for Ninth-Level Sequence warships.
• Lin Er argued that the cabinet should strengthen the empire’s economy and defenses while leaving war responsibilities to the military.
• The cabinet failed to settle on a broader plan, but agreed to prioritize Mining Spaceships and continue building earlier-generation warships.
• Lin Er visited Yang Yu with a development plan and asked why he had handed Imperial Study affairs to Bai Mu.
• Yang Yu said he was tired, asked Lin Er to approve the plan, and told her that some matters were better left unknown.
• Lin Er urged Yang Yu to rest and delegate authority while she returned to her work.

Xiofu convened Elf Kingdom officials and Star Ancient Empire representatives to resolve difficulties promoting the empire’s currency. She proposed linking the two civilizations’ banking systems, and Lu Xuan explained how the empire’s Interstellar Banking Alliance worked.

• Prince Bolante told Xiofu that currency promotion had met resistance from nobles, though the common people were less opposed after learning the empire had become a Ninth-Level Sequence Civilization.
• Xiofu learned that Star Ancient Empire’s Empire Bank headquarters in City of Life was complete and connected to the imperial capital’s head office.
• Xiofu summoned cabinet ministers, Ambassador Gu Wei, and Lu Xuan to discuss currency exchange and promotion.
• Duke Walker proposed having nobles deposit some of their money in the Empire Bank, while Minister Milte objected to replacing Elf Kingdom’s currency.
• Gu Wei and Lu Xuan declined to comment on Elf Kingdom’s internal affairs, and Xiofu suggested linking the two currency systems.
• Lu Xuan confirmed that the Interstellar Banking Alliance allowed citizens to use their bank identity cards across the empire and used DNA checks to prevent theft.

Elven Queen Xiofu proposed linking the Elf Kingdom’s currency system with the Star Ancient Empire’s banking system, and Minister of Finance Lin Er outlined an interstellar currency arrangement. Lin Er also introduced opening the countries to visa-free tourism, leaving the Elf Kingdom’s officials to consider negotiations and the risks of spies.

• Xiofu proposed automatically converting citizens’ currencies between the Elf Kingdom and the Star Ancient Empire, and Ambassador Gu Wei and Director Lu Xuan referred the matter to the Empire’s finance minister.
• Lin Er explained a proposed banking arrangement in which the countries’ treasuries would handle currency conversions for cross-border corporate transfers and charge handling fees.
• Xiofu asked whether the currencies would be treated as strategic reserves and kept from circulating among the public, and Lin Er confirmed the proposal had passed approval.
• Lin Er proposed visa-free tourism between the countries, while Duke Walker warned that open borders could allow spies to enter.
• Lin Er asked the Elf Kingdom to send representatives to negotiate the banking alliance and arrange data matching, which might require new identity cards and bank data cards.

The Seven Stars Kingdom's fleet, led by Zhu Ye Qing, was stopped by Karl Walker in Naro World and ordered to pay taxes while transporting slaves to the Star Ancient Empire. The Elven Queen and Duke Walker learned of the interception, disavowed the order, and Duke Walker ordered Karl to let the fleet pass immediately.

• Karl Walker intercepted Zhu Ye Qing's fleet in Naro World and demanded taxes despite its passes and wartime mission.
• Zhu Ye Qing reported the interception to the empire, refusing to take the blame for the delay.
• Elven Queen Xiofu confronted Duke Walker and Minister of Finance Milte after learning that Karl had tried to tax the fleet.
• Milte denied that the Ministry of Finance had issued the order, and Duke Walker promised to make the Walker Family answer for it.
• Duke Walker contacted Karl and ordered him to let the Seven Stars Kingdom's fleet pass through the interstellar wormhole without further delay.

Duke Walker bribed Zhu Ye Qing to withdraw his complaint, and the Elven Queen punished Karl Walker while treating the arrangement as a transaction. Three days later, Zhu Ye Qing was arrested and learned that the Seven Stars Kingdom had approved his arrest and that the resources he had accepted were destined for the Star Ancient Empire.

• Duke Walker offered Zhu Ye Qing compensation and ten percent of the Walker Family’s resources in exchange for dropping the matter, and Zhu Ye Qing agreed.
• Duke Walker arranged a transfer of Carl’s family funds to Zhu Ye Qing, then told the Elven Queen that the matter was settled.
• The Elven Queen ordered Karl Walker transferred from Naro World and demoted by three ranks, and Duke Walker accepted the decision.
• Night Eight arrested Zhu Ye Qing at Revival World for accepting bribes and delaying transportation, citing an arrest warrant approved by Chi Yanfeng and Chi Yan Chen.
• Zhu Ye Qing learned that the Seven Stars Empire had become a subordinate kingdom and that he had accepted resources meant for the Star Ancient Empire.
• Chi Yan Chen told Zhu Ye Qing that his family had been spared, while confirming that Zhu Ye Qing would die as part of the agreement to suppress the Walker Family.

Yang Yu learned that Zhu Ye Qing would face trial for embezzlement and other charges tied to a long-running political feud, while the Duke Walker Family was also implicated in obstructing military transports. At the trial, Zhu Ye Qing pleaded guilty to delaying operations but began accusing the Walker Family of blocking his fleet and offering him a bribe.

• Bai Mu told Yang Yu that the Chi Yan and Walker families had joined forces against Zhu Ye Qing after an investigation linked him to a fleet's destruction decades earlier, and Nightfall caught him embezzling resources.
• Yang Yu said he would not target the Empire's Four Great Clans unless they betrayed him or harmed Imperial interests, then left the matter to be handled as appropriate.
• The next day, Ye Shou opened Zhu Ye Qing's trial before envoys from the Seven Stars Kingdom, Elf Kingdom, and Beastman Kingdom, and Nightfall presented evidence of embezzlement, bribery, and delayed military operations.
• Zhu Ye Qing pleaded guilty to delaying operations but claimed the Duke Walker Family had blocked his transport fleet and demanded customs duties despite his transit permit.
• Zhu Ye Qing accused Duke Walker of offering the family’s resources and compensation in exchange for his silence about the obstruction.

Zhu Ye Qing’s extracted memories implicated the Duke Walker Family in obstructing the Star Ancient Empire’s war effort, prompting the emperor to order Karl Walker’s arrest. Elven Queen Xiofu seized the chance to weaken the Walkers and prepare her brother Bolante to take a greater role in the Elf Kingdom’s government.

• Zhu Ye Qing presented evidence that the Duke Walker Family had bribed her and requested a memory examination, which Ye Shou approved.
• The extracted memories confirmed the family’s involvement, and Marshal Augustus realized the empire had grounds to intervene in the Elf Kingdom.
• Nan Kexin delivered the emperor’s order for the Second United Fleet to escort the transport fleet and arrest Karl Walker for trial.
• Long Ya dispatched the Second and Third Fleets to carry out the order.
• Prince Bolante warned Xiofu that the empire’s intervention threatened the Walker Family, but Xiofu welcomed the chance to weaken them.
• Xiofu planned to remove Prime Minister Kex, promote Lanny Leon, and appoint Bolante Minister of Foreign Affairs; Bolante reluctantly agreed.

Yang Nanfei led Star Ancient Empire forces into an Elf Kingdom fortress and arrested Karl Walker for intercepting an allied transport convoy. Baron Scott and his adjutant submitted to the Empire’s authority as Yang Nanfei warned them not to disrupt frontline supplies again.

• Yang Nanfei presented documents signed by Queen Xiofu and Augustus, convincing Baron Scott to let the Star Ancient Empire forces enter the fortress.
• Yang Nanfei’s soldiers dragged Karl Walker from his lounge and arrested him under orders from the Emperor, the Supreme Military Tribunal, and Commander Nightfall.
• Karl Walker protested that the Star Ancient Empire had no right to judge him, so Yang Nanfei slapped him and accused him of endangering frontline warriors by delaying supplies.
• Yang Nanfei ordered his soldiers to take Karl Walker away and warned Baron Scott that further interference with transport convoys would bring consequences.
• Baron Scott’s adjutant complained about Yang Nanfei’s arrogance, but Baron Scott asked whether the Elf Race dared provoke the Ninth-Order Star Ancient Empire, and the adjutant fell silent.

Prince Bolante and Marshal Augustus’s forces arrested the Walker Family, prompting nobles across the Elf Kingdom to submit to Queen Xiofu. Xiofu demoted the absent Walker Family and presented a new system that divided nobles into commercial, governmental, or military roles.

• Prince Bolante presented Duke Walker with evidence of the family’s crimes as Marshal Augustus’s fleet surrounded their stronghold and arrested its members.
• News of the Walker Family’s downfall spread, and nobles across the Elf Kingdom hurried to the Divine Court of Life to pledge submission and surrender their realms.
• Xiofu learned that none of the Walker Family had attended and demoted them from duke to marquis, barring restoration to earl without a tremendous contribution.
• Xiofu gave the 366 attending nobles a plan separating noble families into commerce, government, or military service, with restrictions on privilege, marriages, and long-term appointments.
• Xiofu asked the nobles whether they had objections to her reshaping of the nobility.

Xiofu consolidated control of the Elf Kingdom with the empire’s backing, while Yang Yu rewarded her gifts by returning Carl. In the Five-Dimensional Space, the Mechanical Race neared completion of a vast defense line, though Nan Wentian warned it could only withstand Ninth-Order Sequence forces.

• Xiofu forced the nobles to choose roles for their families, ordered Lanny Leon to replace officials, and required the families to relocate to the Life Realm.
• Ma Shikefu Crouch praised Xiofu’s victory and ordered a congratulatory gift, while the Seven Stars Kingdom also sent gifts and sentenced Zhu Ye Qing and Carl for their crimes.
• Yang Yu praised Xiofu’s gift of resources and ordered the Nightfall Leader to hand Carl over to the Elf Kingdom.
• The Mechanical Race constructed a vast defense line in the Five-Dimensional Space, and Bai Wen approved of its progress.
• Nan Wentian warned Bai Wen that the nearly completed defense line could withstand only Ninth-Order Sequence forces.

Bai Wen pressed for a timeline on deploying the Empire’s Ninth-Order Sequence Warships as battle approached. At the Imperial Academy of Engineering, Yang Feng settled a dispute over the second-generation warship’s weapons, then blamed the Imperial Treasury’s funding pace for delaying service.

• Bai Wen acknowledged that the defensive system could not stop a Ninth-Order Sequence but said it could reduce casualties, and she asked the Warship Weapon Research Institute when the warships would be ready.
• Academicians at the Warship Weapon Research Institute argued over whether the second-generation Star-Level Warship should use a Causality Law Weapon, a Time-Space Annihilation Weapon, or other weapons.
• Yang Feng entered and designated the Void Annihilation Weapon as the second-generation warship’s main weapon and the Gene Suppression Generator Weapon as its rapid-fire auxiliary cannons.
• Yang Feng said the older warship models would go to the first-generation fleet and command motherships, while the second-generation design marked a new era.
• After his secretary relayed Bai’s request for a deployment date, Yang Feng said the Imperial Treasury’s funding speed would determine when the warship entered service.

The Sixth Joint Fleet faced an overwhelming enemy assault in Wanda World, and Bai Lin ordered a retreat after the left wing was annihilated. After watching Wang Lin’s final message and the fleet’s last stand, Bai Lin prepared to destroy Wanda World and called the empire for reinforcements.

• Milameng reported that enemy reinforcements had brought their force to more than twenty billion warships, and Bai Lin ordered him to withdraw while frontline forces held the enemy back.
• A general reported that the left-wing forces had been wiped out after an ambush by a vastly larger enemy force using communications-jamming systems.
• Bai Lin ordered all forces to retreat from Wanda World.
• The general played Wang Lin’s final message, showing the Sixth Joint Fleet’s warriors and warships fighting to the death; Milameng saluted them.
• Bai Lin ordered the army to withdraw in ten minutes, prepared to detonate Wanda World, and requested reinforcements from the empire and the Second United Fleet.

Bai Lin ordered the Sixth Joint Fleet to retreat toward Green Forest World while he stayed behind to cover its withdrawal, and the fighting forces unleashed a universe-destroying attack to stop the enemy advance. At Green Forest World, Lu Dequan delivered supplies and explained that delayed reinforcements were due to the Elf Kingdom; Zhao Bing learned the empire had entered the Ninth-Order Sequence and awaited further support.

• Bai Lin ordered the Sixth Joint Fleet to withdraw toward Green Forest World and remained behind with the Star Mothership to cover the retreat.
• The frontline fleet groups fought while withdrawing, then a catastrophic attack destroyed Wanda World and its universe, causing the allied enemy forces to halt their advance.
• Milameng led the retreating fleet groups to Green Forest World, where Lu Dequan asked Zhao Bing what had happened to the Sixth Joint Fleet.
• Zhao Bing reported that Lao Qi and Wang Lin had died, their fleet groups were wiped out, and Marshal Bai had stayed behind to cover the retreat.
• Lu Dequan explained that the Elf Kingdom's tariff dispute had delayed supplies and told Zhao Bing that the empire had entered the Ninth-Order Sequence.
• Lu Dequan brought logistical supplies, promised to report the losses, and said he would seek more T0-Class Joint Fleets to support them.

Secretary-General Bai Mu reported the Sixth Joint Fleet’s heavy losses to Emperor Yang Yu, who suspected Bai Lin might have falsified the report to obtain reinforcements. Intelligence confirmed the fleet had lost more than half its warships and had retreated to the Green Forest World.

• Nan Kexin told Bai Mu that the Sixth Joint Fleet had suffered heavy losses and needed reinforcements.
• Bai Mu questioned how the fleet could have lost so many warships and ordered Nan Kexin to compile information on the Anti-Empire Alliance.
• Yang Yu identified the Bat Clan as a possible factor and suspected Bai Lin might have exaggerated his losses to secure more T0-Class Joint Fleets.
• Ye Shou reported that 138 civilizations had assembled against the empire, that the Sixth Joint Fleet had lost more than 3.58 million warships, and that the enemy was continuing to reinforce.
• Ye Shou told Yang Yu that Bai Lin had retreated with the Elf Kingdom’s battered troops to the Green Forest World and was bombing universes during the withdrawal.

Yang Yu redirected fleets and reserves toward the collapsing frontline, setting escalating emergency measures if the Empire lost more T0-Class Joint Fleets. As the Second United Fleet rushed to support Bai Lin, the Long Family began mobilizing its descendants for war.

• Yang Yu ordered fleets withdrawn from the Five-Dimensional World and the Time-Space Administration to reinforce the frontline, and assigned the Sentient Mechanical Civilization to the Star World.
• Yang Yu ordered Bai Mu to expand the T0-Class Joint Fleets and outlined increasingly drastic mobilization and retaliation measures if the Empire lost one, two, or five fleets.
• The Second United Fleet left the Star Ancient Domain and rushed through the Canglan Domain toward the frontline battlefield.
• The Long Family summoned descendants aged eighteen and older, and Long Xu said they would serve as soldiers despite being underage.
• Long Xu ordered returning clansmen to begin intensive military training and called on the family elders to help.

The Imperial Cabinet prepared the Empire and its citizens for war, discussing security, resources, military production, and education. Long Ye left the ministers with orders to carry out their duties and expand frontline military preparation.

• The Empire sent every citizen a reminder that it had entered a state of war preparedness, and citizens began applying to join the military.
• Long Ye and Bai Hong discussed citizens' eagerness to fight, while Han Yin challenged the ministers over recalling their families for military service.
• Lin Yu ordered stronger local security and judicial oversight, warning that officials who abused their authority would be removed and that officials' families would be sent to the battlefield first.
• Long Ye asked Lin Er about resources, and she estimated the Empire could build three million mining ships and three million transport ships in the next year.
• Long Ye demanded expanded production of mining and transport ships, military instruction at universities, compressed class schedules, and investigations into campus bullying.
• The ministers agreed to their assigned duties, including increased education funding and enforcement by the Judiciary and public security departments.

The Elf Kingdom’s leaders debated the Star Ancient Empire’s full mobilization and the disastrous losses caused by delayed elven reinforcements. They agreed to ask the Empire about buying warships and obtaining help to build production lines.

• Elven Queen Xiofu confronted Marshal Augustus over the support fleet’s failure to reach the front in time, which contributed to the loss of seven hundred million warships.
• Xiofu warned that the Star Ancient Empire had truly mobilized for war and shared its restored wartime fleet organization with the cabinet.
• Prime Minister Lanny Leon proposed mobilizing the entire Elf Race, while the Minister of Finance warned that warship production could not meet their needs and many citizens refused to fight.
• Augustus proposed sending officials’ families and nobles’ children to the front first and punishing anyone who resisted.
• Lanny Leon urged the Elf Kingdom to ask the Empire to sell warships and help build production lines, and the cabinet agreed to seek the Empire’s opinion.