Ch. 2681Unexpected Discovery

The King of Negativity gave Kaguya Otsutsuki the Anxious Skyfather and began preparing to split off a cursed portion of his soul, giving Andrew an opportunity to secretly obtain a soul fragment. Andrew also planned to make Black Zetsu stronger by placing him in conflict with the Anxious Skyfather, while he trained Jupiter and oversaw the Expeditionary Force preparations.

  • The King of Negativity assigned the Anxious Skyfather to Kaguya Otsutsuki to turn into a White Zetsu, then began seeking a way to gather his Curses before splitting his soul.
  • Andrew realized he could use the battling Black Absolute Army and Curse Army to take a thread of the King of Negativity's soul when he split it, and told Kaguya Otsutsuki to watch for the moment.
  • Kaguya Otsutsuki complained that Black Zetsu resisted training, so Andrew proposed leaving the Anxious Skyfather's consciousness intact and putting Black Zetsu into its body to force him to grow stronger.
  • Andrew oversaw Humanity's High-Level Executives as they prepared the Expeditionary Force and trained Jupiter, who had accepted her new Ability and eagerly sought to master it.
  • Director Newman failed to recruit Green after Green refused to let her creations be enslaved, and Andrew teased her about pursuing Green herself.

Ch. 2682Deceiving Heaven and Crossing the Sea

Andrew infiltrated the Depths of Hell during the King of Negativity’s attempt to split his soul and secretly stole a sliver of it. He hid and nurtured the soul while the King of Negativity recovered, as the Human Expeditionary Force prepared to deploy its Vanguard Army.

  • Andrew arranged with the female commander to enter the Depths of Hell and rely on Director of S.W.O.R.D. if the plan went wrong.
  • The female commander smuggled Andrew inside her body as memories, letting him approach the King of Negativity unnoticed.
  • As the King of Negativity severed a branch carrying the Curse, Andrew used the Curse to conceal a sliver of soul and collect it from the corroded ground.
  • The King of Negativity created a Lonely Commander clone to help the Black Absolute Army suppress the Curse, unaware Andrew had stolen part of his soul.
  • Andrew sealed the stolen soul from the King of Negativity’s perception and nurtured it for more than half a month while the Vanguard Army prepared to deploy.

Ch. 2683Departure

Tony prepared a ten-thousand-strong Vanguard Army to eliminate the enemy and rescue the Empire’s people, while Jupiter adjusted to her role as Queen. The warship began its independent teleportation preparations as Tony and Andrew discussed the limits of its power and the need to keep Conqueror Kang’s Main Fleet under control.

  • Jupiter stood with Stinger and Kane as she practiced royal etiquette, and she promised to help Stinger awaken an Ability after the war.
  • Kane told Jupiter that the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau had awakened his Werewolf transformation Ability, which he was adapting to work alongside his high-tech equipment.
  • Tony addressed the Vanguard Army, ordered them to avoid harming innocents, and explained their squad tactics and Nano Watches.
  • Tony trained the warship operators, then started the vessel as the soldiers returned to their assigned positions.
  • In the command room, Tony said the Half-Skyfather Warship was not strong enough to defeat a Skyfather alone, while Andrew explained that using Conqueror Kang’s Main Battleship would provoke the other Skyfathers.

Ch. 2684Alien Planet

Tony and Andrew teleported their battleship to an Imperial planet where Batman said the Demon Legion was besieging a Resistance movement led by one of the Queen’s former subordinates. After Tony prepared to approach the Resistance city, Stinger recognized its leader as Viscount Gore, the Queen’s former Guard Captain.

  • Tony activated the battleship’s Antimatter Reactor and teleported it safely to a planet in the Empire, where the crew recovered and checked the teleportation data.
  • Batman explained that the Demon Legion was besieging the planet’s Resistance and planned to slaughter its civilians, and Tony vowed to destroy the legion’s roughly thirty thousand members there.
  • Batman said he would continue investigating the Super Battleship construction site while Tony ordered Jarvis to stealthily approach the Resistance city and infiltrate the planet’s network.
  • Tony brought Jupiter and the other two in to explain the situation, and Stinger identified the Resistance leader as Viscount Gore, the Queen’s loyal former Guard Captain.

Ch. 2685Entering the City

Jupiter and the Expeditionary Force reached the battlefield, where a Demon Legion was besieging a city defended by Viscount Gore. They teleported Jupiter and five protectors into the city to meet him, while Gore prepared a breakout to save civilians.

  • Andrew advised Jupiter to meet Viscount Gore in person, and she agreed despite her fear of entering a battlefield.
  • The battleship stopped near the battlefield, and Tony's Nano Scout Drones revealed tens of thousands of Demons attacking a city whose Defensive Shield was weakening.
  • Tony explained that he could teleport a small team through the shield, and Jupiter chose to enter with Kane, Stinger, and three Ability Users, including Ray Gaines.
  • Tony teleported the six-person team into the city, while Andrew and Tony remained aboard the battleship.
  • Viscount Gore learned that the city was unlikely to survive and ordered his officers to prepare a breakout, taking as many civilians as they could.

Ch. 2686Command

Jupiter returned to the besieged city and convinced Viscount Gore and its defenders that she was the Queen, then took command as the Energy Core was destroyed and the Defensive Shield failed. Earth's warships struck the Demon Legion, the people rallied behind Jupiter, and she embraced her role as their future Queen.

  • Viscount Gore refused to escape, but Jupiter arrived with Stinger and proved her identity by calling him Dog Tail, prompting him and the soldiers to kneel.
  • Jupiter learned the city had five thousand trained soldiers and ten standard warships, then announced that the Earth Army would attack the Demon Legion.
  • Demons infiltrated the city and destroyed its Energy Core, causing the Defensive Shield to fade; Jupiter sent Kane to confront them and reassured the civilians over the communications system.
  • An Earth warship emerged from a black vortex and destroyed an Empire Battleship, prompting the city's people to cheer for the Queen and strengthening Jupiter's Phantom Lady.
  • Andrew assured Jupiter that Earth and its Skyfathers supported her, and Jupiter grew confident in her identity as the future Queen.

Ch. 2687Against Each Other

Tony led the Earth Battleship into battle after destroying an Empire Battleship, while the Demon Legion and its allies planned how to fight Earth’s forces without provoking Andrew. The enemy leaders decided to draw the Earth army into a prolonged battle on the planet and prepare a final trap for the Earth Fleet and Andrew.

  • Tony remotely fired the Main Energy Cannon through a Space Ability, destroying an Empire Battleship, then led his soldiers toward the battlefield.
  • The Demon Legion’s Deputy Commander identified the approaching Earth Battleship and reported its arrival to the Demon, who discovered Andrew was on the planet.
  • The Demon, Conqueror Kang, Lord of Chaos, Chthon, and their allies agreed to fight Earth’s forces normally until they could gather enough troops for a decisive confrontation.
  • Conqueror Kang proposed using Space Lockdown devices at a chosen planet to trap the Earth Fleet and Andrew during the final battle.
  • Chthon suggested using the planet’s hundred million inhabitants to keep the Earth army from leaving, while the Demon Legion would engage first and retreat if defeat became certain.

Ch. 2688Spatial Maze

Chthon and the others prepared defenses against the King of Abilities while Tony’s forces attacked the Demon Legion with a Spatial Maze that scattered its troops. The human Ability Users entered the maze with maps and formed battalions, beginning a battle in which they held the local advantage.

  • Chthon ordered the Super Battleship’s construction accelerated and hidden, while the group chose the female commander to monitor the front lines and gave her a defensive divine artifact.
  • The Deputy Commander prepared the Demon Legion to fight the approaching Earth Battleship and told the Demons their enemy was the Earthlings.
  • Tony had the Space Group combine technology and group Abilities to trap and scatter tens of thousands of Demons inside a Spatial Maze.
  • Tony teleported nearly nine thousand Ability Users into the maze with maps showing allies and enemies, allowing them to fight in organized battalions against isolated Demons.
  • Human Ability Users and Demons met across the maze and began fighting.

Ch. 2689Livestream

Andrew and Tony prepared to livestream the coming battle across more than a dozen star systems, while the Demon Legion’s leaders reacted to being trapped in a Spatial Maze. The chapter ended with Demon ordering a direct assault on Tony’s battleship and accepting that his legion would serve as cannon fodder.

  • Andrew told Alice to finish setting up a cross-galaxy livestream and explained that it would reveal the Empire’s lies, strengthen Queen Jupiter, and help reduce casualties.
  • Tony agreed that the livestream could destabilize the Empire and planned to let its citizens witness Earth’s strength.
  • Demon’s forces failed to contact the troops trapped inside the Spatial Maze, and Demon initially ordered a retreat.
  • Conqueror Kang explained that reinforcements could not arrive quickly, and Demon agreed to receive a battleship with Space Ability to bolster his legion.
  • Demon ordered two battleships to close in on Tony’s battleship and attack, leaving the trapped forces to hold on inside the maze.

Ch. 2690Announcement

Andrew livestreamed across the Empire to expose the Royal Family’s atrocities and announce that he had come to save its people. The broadcast revealed the Queen’s return, and Jupiter’s growing public recognition dramatically strengthened her Ability as the battle against the Demon Legion continued.

  • Tony welcomed the two attacking warships as a chance to fight a real space war, while Andrew began a livestream with Alice’s help.
  • Andrew’s broadcast appeared across more than a dozen star systems, frightening King Balam and leaving Chthon unable to stop it.
  • Andrew showed footage of the Demon and other legions massacring cities and explained that the Royal Family had allowed the slaughter to raise armies, turning many citizens against it.
  • Andrew showed the Demon Legion attacking Viscount Gore’s planet, then revealed Jupiter returning as the Queen and receiving Viscount Gore’s loyalty.
  • Jupiter’s Ability surged as people across the Empire recognized her as their returned Queen, allowing her to grow into a giant and become far stronger than before.

Ch. 2691A synchronized performance

Jupiter returned to lead the Empire against King Balam and the Demon Legion, while Andrew’s livestream showed Earth’s forces saving the city and winning over the citizens. After Jupiter rallied five thousand soldiers and joined the fight, the chapter ended with Andrew directing Alice to make her look as commanding as possible in the broadcast.

  • Jupiter said that public acknowledgment could raise her power enough to become a Skyfather, then ordered Viscount Gore to assemble troops for the fight against the Demon Legion.
  • King Balam panicked over Jupiter’s return, while Chthon urged him to discredit her and claim Earth had staged a conspiracy.
  • Andrew livestreamed footage of Earth’s forces destroying the Energy Core, trapping the Demon Legion in Tony’s Spatial Maze, and killing demons, causing citizens to question their beliefs about Earth.
  • Jupiter addressed the citizens, promised to protect the Empire, rallied five thousand soldiers, and asked Mr. Stark to teleport them into the maze.
  • Jupiter led the Imperial Soldiers alongside Earth’s ability users in defeating tens of thousands of demons.
  • Andrew told Alice to film Jupiter in a way that made her appear commanding, and Alice predicted that the victory would bring Jupiter many new supporters.

Ch. 2692Easy

Tony and Jupiter made powerful public debuts as Earth’s forces overwhelmed the Empire’s battleships and Demon Legion. Demon triggered a desperate transformation among his troops, turning the battle against Jupiter’s fighters as the enemy ships prepared to ram the Spatial Maze.

  • Andrew planned to build Jupiter’s and Tony’s reputations so Earth could gain a foothold in the Empire, while Tony joked about his looks and asked Alice to portray him favorably.
  • Tony used an invisible decoy, an Anti-Shield Beam, and reflected attacks to overwhelm the two Empire Battleships, impressing the Empire’s viewers.
  • Demon ordered the battleships to ram the Spatial Maze and activated the berserk state in the Demon Soldiers’ bloodlines, transforming them into powerful, mindless demons.
  • Jupiter adapted to the battlefield and crushed a demon with the Virtual Lady as the stronger Demon Legion put her forces at a disadvantage.
  • The remaining Empire Battleship fired frantically at the Earth Battleship and moved into its path, apparently intending to destroy it in a collision.

Ch. 2693Split in Two

Tony destroyed the Deputy Commander's battleship with the Space Blade while the battle continued around the Spatial Maze. As Demon ordered his forces to keep fighting and ambush the Queen, Jupiter rallied the defenders to hold out against the berserk demons.

  • Tony deployed Unmanned Armor to destroy the enemy's small fighters while his Space Blade charged.
  • Tony's Space Blade split the Deputy Commander's battleship in two, killing everyone aboard.
  • Demon gathered the fallen soldiers' souls for reincarnation, while Conqueror Kang confronted Tony over the use of his technology.
  • Andrew refused to interfere in Tony and Conqueror Kang's coming conflict, and Conqueror Kang vowed to kill Tony first.
  • Demon ordered the remaining battleship to keep Tony occupied and revealed that an elite team was waiting in the Spatial Maze to ambush Jupiter.
  • Jupiter urged the Ability User Vanguard and Jupiter Legion to hold their ground until the berserk demons exhausted themselves.

Ch. 2694A Decisive Victory

Andrew let Queen Jupiter face danger so the citizens would see her as a hero, and she helped turn the battle into a decisive victory over the Demon Legion. After the war, Jupiter learned that her power had evolved through her own actions and resolved to grow into a worthy Queen.

  • Andrew watched as the demons' elite team ambushed Queen Jupiter and the Coalition Army, leaving the battle close to collapse.
  • After a guard died, Jupiter evolved Phantom Lady and summoned a royal scepter, then led the warriors to defeat the Demon Legion while Tony Stark destroyed the final warship.
  • Citizens across more than a dozen star systems cheered for Jupiter, and King Balam feared that rebellion would soon threaten his rule.
  • Chthon told King Balam to rush construction of the Super Battleship and claimed the Earthlings would be trapped on the planet.
  • Jupiter tended to the wounded and visited the soldiers before returning to Andrew, who explained that the livestream had raised her strength and praised her for evolving Phantom Lady herself.
  • Jupiter accepted Andrew's encouragement and vowed to strengthen both her ability and her resolve.

Ch. 2695Postwar Situation

Andrew explained to Jupiter that the Empire was using Woken Star’s civilians to keep the rebels occupied, while he secretly knew how to counter the plan and where Conqueror Kang’s Super Battleship was. After rebellions across the Empire were swiftly suppressed, the uprising remained scattered as controlled noble and political families stayed loyal to King Balam.

  • Andrew told Jupiter that enemy legions would attack Woken Star’s nine cities to trap the rebels there while Conqueror Kang completed his Super Battleship.
  • Jupiter asked how they could break the blockade, but Andrew said he was still considering a solution and sent her to celebrate with the others.
  • Andrew privately admitted that he knew how to break the situation and locate the Super Battleship, then learned from the Nine-Tailed Fox that Conqueror Kang was preparing extra weapons against him and Iron Man.
  • The Nine-Tailed Fox told Andrew that Conqueror Kang was using workers’ Lost Souls to strengthen the Super Battleship, and Andrew chose to wait until the enemy had finished preparing before striking.
  • Rebellions broke out across the Empire after the livestream, but major noble and political families helped King Balam suppress them because Chthon had controlled their clans.

Ch. 2696Mirror

Queen Jupiter used Andrew’s Mirror Dimension to free the Scott family leaders from Chthon’s control and secure their pledge of loyalty. She left their mirrored doubles in place to mobilize the family, while the real leaders remained trapped in the mirror as she moved on to contact other families.

  • The Scott family Clan Leader and Young Master lamented that Chthon controlled their family through a bloodline Curse and forced them to suppress resistance factions.
  • Jupiter summoned the two men into Mirror Space and asked whether the Scott family would pledge loyalty to her.
  • The Clan Leader and Young Master explained how Chthon had altered their Bloodline and seized their resources, then agreed to follow Jupiter if she could free them.
  • Jupiter told them they were safe from Chthon inside the mirror and showed them their doubles ordering the family to rebel and join her.
  • The Clan Leader and Young Master warned that their doubles lacked the family’s passwords and hidden resources, but Jupiter explained that removing the leaders would weaken Chthon’s Curse over the family.

Ch. 2697Turning Against

Jupiter persuaded the Scott and Hawk families and organized mirror duplicates to negotiate with the Empire’s major forces, preparing them to rebel against Chthon’s control. After winning over most of the nobles, she returned to Woken Star to tell the others the Empire’s forces would soon be forced to respond.

  • Jupiter revealed that the Scott family could control their mirror reflections, and the Clan Leader and Young Master agreed to cooperate in exchange for places in the Mirror Dimension for three more descendants.
  • Jupiter quickly persuaded members of the Hawk family and complained to Andrew that the nobles cared only about their own interests.
  • Jupiter warned that negotiating with hundreds of major forces one by one would take too long, so Andrew created mirror duplicates to help her negotiate.
  • Andrew explained how Ability Users could master and reshape their Abilities, and Jupiter thanked him for the guidance.
  • Jupiter and her duplicates spent a day and a night persuading most of the nobles to turn against the Empire.
  • Andrew told Jupiter to work with Tony and the others to break the stalemate on Woken Star, and she returned there to report that the major forces would soon rebel.

Ch. 2698Production Line

Tony Stark proposed building a large Unmanned Armor force to support an assault on the Villain Legion's base, and demonstrated his unusual production line to the allied leaders. The group learned that it could make one hundred thousand units in three days, while Jupiter was left asking how the Starlight Giant worked.

  • Tony urged the allies to exploit the Villain Legion's divided forces and attack its base with Unmanned Armor, while Stinger and Viscount Gore questioned the plan.
  • Jupiter explained that resources from Conqueror Kang's warehouses and the major families could support mass production if Tony's claims proved true.
  • Tony took the group to his warship's production line and revealed that he and Pepper had developed a Starlight Giant with help from King of Abilities.
  • The Starlight Giant swallowed raw materials and produced an Unmanned Armor, while Andrew's playful Curse made Tony worry about Little Morgan's future suitors.
  • Tony said the production line could make two hundred Unmanned Armor in ten minutes and one hundred thousand in three days, prompting Jupiter to ask how it worked.

Ch. 2699Uprising

Jupiter, Tony, and Andrew prepared to use a noble-led uprising to weaken King Balam and gather resources for an assault on The Citadel. After the great families rebelled and Chthon failed to curse their heirs, Chthon and his allies sent Villain Legion forces to suppress the rebellion and seize resources.

  • Jupiter agreed to have the major factions surrender their resources so Tony could build Unmanned Armor for an assault on The Citadel.
  • The great families revolted together, declared King Balam illegitimate, and called for Jupiter to return as Queen, causing the Empire to lose territory and public support.
  • Chthon activated his Curse against the nobles, but their direct descendants were unharmed because Andrew had helped break it.
  • King Balam admitted that his remaining forces could not reliably suppress the rebellion, so Chthon offered to send the Demon King's army.
  • Chthon, Conqueror Kang, and their allies agreed to defend The Citadel while their forces suppressed the uprising and seized the nobles' resources.

Ch. 2700Planning

Jupiter and Tony prepared Earth’s forces to rescue the nobles besieged by the Villain Legion and attack The Citadel. Andrew revealed that his painting could turn the battle around if they failed, while Tony insisted he could manage without it.

  • Tony used the major nobles’ resources to mass-produce Unmanned Armor, while Andrew told Jupiter that the nobles would eventually be imprisoned in the Mirror Dimension and stripped of power.
  • Andrew warned Jupiter that Technology Civilization needed to keep researching defenses against abilities, and Jupiter took charge of organizing the Empire’s forces.
  • After the Villain Legion drove the nobles’ forces back, Jupiter promised to support them within two days, and the allies planned to attack the next day.
  • Tony sent DL to deploy a Space Interference Device at the Planet Core to prevent enemy fleets from teleporting directly into the planet.
  • Jupiter questioned Andrew’s painting of The Citadel, and Andrew said it could reverse the battle if the allies failed; Tony vowed to win without it.
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