Chapter Summaries

Xi Shenlian offered Qi Sichen and the others the choice of becoming his lackeys, but they refused and attacked him. He effortlessly killed nearly all of them while testing their abilities, and a short-tempered Completion Stage Awakened then detonated his Ability Armor’s antimatter core, empowering the survivors as well.

• Xi Shenlian offered to take Qi Sichen and the others as lackeys, but Qi Sichen rejected him and led an attack.
• Qi Sichen and the others transformed their Ability Armors and weapons, while Xi Shenlian stood still and let them finish.
• Xi Shenlian silently killed everyone below the Self Stage, leaving the survivors terrified and strengthening their shields.
• After half an hour, Xi Shenlian had killed all but about a dozen enemies and said he had learned what Completion Stage and Self Stage Awakened could do.
• A short-tempered Completion Stage Awakened burned through his life force and detonated his Ability Armor’s antimatter power core, using his ability to amplify the explosion and empower Qi Sichen and the others.

Qi Sichen watched Ha Zhi. Aleman's self-destruction fail to harm Xi Shenlian, but the sacrifice let him glimpse the strange threads Xi Shenlian used to disintegrate attacks. Realizing there was no way to win, Qi Sichen chose to surrender.

• Ha Zhi. Aleman self-destructed, empowering the surviving Awakened and giving them a chance to observe Xi Shenlian's attack.
• Xi Shenlian silently disintegrated the antimatter beam before it could release its power, leaving him unharmed.
• Qi Sichen saw nearly invisible threads extending from Xi Shenlian's rings and deduced that they cut the beam apart at a microscopic level.
• After concluding that Xi Shenlian's strength left them no chance, Qi Sichen decided to surrender.

Xi Shenlian refused Qi Sichen and the others’ surrender and offered to let one survivor go if they slaughtered one another. They chose to fight him together, but he killed them all and left, while people at a decoy factory remained unaware that the organization’s true headquarters had been destroyed.

• Xi Shenlian told Qi Sichen and the others that only the last person alive after they killed one another could leave.
• Qi Sichen and the two other Ascended Stage Awakened chose to attack Xi Shenlian together, and Qi Sichen’s fear of death drove him to unleash his strongest strike.
• Xi Shenlian shattered all three men’s weapons and killed them with three punches.
• Xi Shenlian contained Qi Sichen’s weapon’s delayed self-destruction and used its explosive force to kill the remaining Awakened.
• Xi Shenlian vanished, while the people at the decoy factory wondered whether he had left without realizing their true headquarters had been destroyed.

Xi Shenlian returned to the hidden base after annihilating his opponents, while its residents failed to recognize their own leaders among the dead. He slaughtered everyone in the base and then moved on to another nearby base.

• The hidden base’s residents mistook the battle’s victims for members of a different faction and were relieved when the fighting ended.
• Xi Shenlian appeared behind the base manager, whose subordinates froze and revealed that they recognized him as a threat.
• Xi Shenlian took a criminal’s Spine Sword and began killing people throughout the base.
• Xi Shenlian killed every living thing in the base, including its microorganisms, and left for another nearby base.

Xi Shenlian attacked a hidden lawbreaker stronghold disguised as a planet, destroying its concealed warship and killing everyone who challenged him. He trapped everyone inside as red light gathered in his eyes, leaving criminals and captives alike afraid of what he would do next.

• Xi Shenlian burst through the planet's force field and used his heat vision to split the disguised warship in two.
• A black-scaled attacker struck at Xi Shenlian, who killed him and blasted a hole through the building he had emerged from.
• A local manager invoked Lord Darhan Grace's name, but Xi Shenlian killed him with another pair of heat-vision blasts.
• The witnesses realized they could not escape the Alternate Dimension Space as Xi Shenlian's eyes began glowing brighter.
• Captives hoped Xi Shenlian would save them, while some despairing onlookers cheered for him to kill everyone.

Xi Shenlian launched a sweeping superheated-vision attack at everyone in the black-market base, killing and injuring innocent captives as well as criminals. The Savior from Fire and Water intercepted most of the attack, then confronted Xi Shenlian over the devastation and the deaths he had caused.

• Xi Shenlian decided to greet those below with a sweeping barrage of superheated vision.
• The people in the base realized they could not withstand the attack and despaired as the beams rained down.
• The Savior from Fire and Water blocked the barrage with invisible blades, though the collisions destroyed much of the base and injured or killed some captives.
• The Savior from Fire and Water appeared before Xi Shenlian and identified him as Lord Xi, mocking his brutality and accusing him of causing billions of innocent deaths.

Xi Shenlian justified his indiscriminate slaughter as revenge for the victims, then rejected the local leader’s offer to withdraw and attacked him. The leader was dismembered in an instant but used blood threads to stitch himself back together, though his wounds would not heal quickly.

• Xi Shenlian told the man he did not care whether his victims were innocent and claimed that killing both victims and perpetrators gave everyone equal treatment.
• The young man recognized Xi Shenlian’s strength and offered to leave the area if Xi Shenlian withdrew.
• Xi Shenlian refused because he wanted to enjoy killing and arson, so the man attacked him with countless invisible blades.
• Xi Shenlian made the blades vanish and dismembered the man and his Ability Armor before the man could react.
• The man reconnected his fragmented body with blood threads, but special power kept his many wounds from healing quickly.

Xi Shenlian grievously wounded the leader of the local forces, prompting more than ten powerful figures to launch a coordinated ambush against him. Their combined attacks created an immense gravitational field and unleashed a sealed explosion, leaving Xi Shenlian's fate unclear.

• Xi Shenlian explained that a nearly invisible thread had inflicted the leader's severe wounds, and the leader struggled to regenerate.
• More than ten powerful figures appeared around Xi Shenlian and launched their strongest attacks after the leader's accomplices had coordinated them.
• The attackers combined their Ascended Stage abilities to create a vast gravitational field that tore apart the damaged Universe Battleship and nearby fighters.
• The attackers struck Xi Shenlian at the center of the field, unleashing a tremendous blast whose energy was trapped within his sealed surroundings.

Xi Shenlian unleashed devastating red beams that pierced Aron Ray and the others, then gathered the surrounding energy into a rapidly growing vortex in his hand. The survivors found themselves helplessly dragged toward it as their attacks were torn apart and absorbed.

• Aron Ray wondered whether the attackers’ barrage had harmed Xi Shenlian, but the restraints around the area remained intact.
• Two red beams shot from the attack’s center and pierced Aron Ray and everyone else, badly damaging their bodies and Ability Armor.
• A glowing vortex appeared and swallowed the energy torrents, revealing Xi Shenlian completely unharmed.
• Xi Shenlian held the vortex in his left hand as it spun faster, growing into a dangerous spiral beam that dragged the survivors toward it.
• Aron Ray and the others tried to attack Xi Shenlian, but the vortex’s tearing forces decomposed their attacks and absorbed the energy.

Xi Shenlian unleashed a vast Light Wave that swept through Purple Dreamland Company’s territory, leaving non-targets unharmed while erasing marked targets. The waves continued spreading as a fleet commander identified their source but chose not to investigate.

• Xi Shenlian’s attack reduced A Rong, Lei Yi, and the surrounding region to energy, then he released the aurora he had contained.
• Light Wave spread across distant stars and star systems, passing harmlessly through lifeforms and fleets that were not selected as targets.
• A fleet commander concluded that the waves were a powerful attack capable of distinguishing targets and ordered his crew to record their source coordinates instead of approaching.
• The Light Wave erased targeted planets, Artificial Alternate Dimension Spaces, starships, galaxies, and people across Purple Dreamland Company’s territory.

Xi Shenlian unleashed Light Waves that selectively erased targets across the former Atlantis Family territory, leaving onlookers and his companions confused about his purpose. Qian Shan Xuehui contacted him to find out what he was doing.

• Xi Shenlian shattered a spiral beam and sent Light Waves racing through the territory to destroy selected targets, leaving the judgment to the Beast of Power.
• Shalard Coles and Shang Zhaoya watched people disappear and speculated that a powerful figure was targeting specific groups.
• Tian Yuanli and the others recognized that Xi Shenlian was behind the deaths, including some company employees.
• Qian Shan Xuehui admitted she did not know Xi Shenlian's reason and contacted him using her Intelligent Chip.

Xi Shenlian spoke with Qian Shan Xuehui while the Light Waves spread through the Stead Territory, explaining that the employees he had killed were traitors and saying he would return in a few minutes. Gaigano Stead watched him from afar, recognized that Xi Shenlian could sense his gaze, and decided to keep observing.

• Xi Shenlian used his Signal-Excellent Communicator to answer Qian Shan Xuehui, who asked why so many company employees had died.
• Xi Shenlian told Qian Shan Xuehui that the dead employees were traitors and said he was clearing unstable elements from his territory.
• Qian Shan Xuehui asked when Xi Shenlian would return, and he estimated that he would be home in a few minutes; she said she would wait and asked what he wanted to eat.
• Xi Shenlian sensed Gaigano Stead watching him and looked back at the creator of the Stead Territory.
• Gaigano Stead was surprised that a Hegemonic Stage Awakened could detect him, then withdrew his gaze and continued observing.

Xi Shenlian used accelerating light waves to annihilate every target across Purple Dreamland Company’s territory, then turned their power into light that revitalized barren worlds. He returned to his home and considered renovating the territory around it.

• The Beast of Power’s light waves swept through the territory, erasing everyone and everything they judged to be targets.
• Xi Shenlian gathered the returning light waves in his hand and shattered them into harmless radiance that brought life and resources to barren worlds.
• The Beast of Power grew stronger as Xi Shenlian used the annihilated targets’ power to remodel the territory.
• Xi Shenlian twisted reality to arrive at his gate, where the maids welcomed him home.
• Xi Shenlian surveyed his home and the developing territory, thought it seemed too modest, and considered renovating it.

Xi Shenlian used an Environment Adjustment Sandbox to reshape his territory into a vast artificial landmass assembled from matter taken from distant starfields. Qian Shan Xuehui watched as planets, stars, and even apparent black holes were drawn in, leaving her and the others stunned.

• Qian Shan Xuehui asked Xi Shenlian about the complicated sandbox he was using to customize his territory.
• Xi Shenlian explained that he was making large-scale environmental changes and told Qian Shan Xuehui to expect a spectacular result.
• Xi Shenlian began assembling a vast landmass in the Cosmic Star Sea, moving existing buildings, animals, and plants onto it.
• Planets and other celestial bodies rushed toward the landmass and were absorbed into it, while Xi Shenlian reduced the impacts' destructive force.
• Qian Shan Xuehui and the others watched in shock as stars and apparent black holes joined the growing artificial landmass.

Xi Shenlian moved countless celestial bodies at superluminal speed to create a vast land, leaving observers baffled by the power involved and the immense amount of matter detected. When Tian Yuanli worried that the spectacle had displaced or harmed people, Xi Shenlian said the planets were uninhabited or their inhabitants had been moved to safety.

• Xi Shenlian's superluminal movement of celestial bodies stunned the observers, who wondered how he could wield such power.
• Those who had scanned the land were confused because its matter reserves exceeded the total matter in the ordinary universe, and they suspected their detection data might be wrong.
• Xi Shenlian told Qian Shan Xuehui and the others that the exploding planets made a pleasant spectacle and might help cultivate their temperament.
• Tian Yuanli asked whether Xi Shenlian's actions would leave many people homeless.
• Xi Shenlian denied causing displacement, saying the planets were desolate or that any inhabitants had been moved to suitable regions beforehand.

Xi Shenlian created a vast artificial continent as the Purple Dreamland Company’s headquarters and used the Beast of Power to brainwash the company’s employees into accepting the upheaval. An Awakened investigator noticed Sharad Coles’s sudden change in attitude and suspected that his mind had been controlled.

• Xi Shenlian arranged the continent’s environment and populated it with bizarre lifeforms, while keeping his more extreme plans secret from Qian Shan Xuehui and the others.
• The displaced residents and employees were confused and alarmed by the continent’s appearance, and Sharad Coles feared Xi Shenlian might endanger the company.
• Xi Shenlian used the Beast of Power to alter the thoughts of every employee, making them approve of the situation and eliminating all objections.
• An Awakened investigator from a neighboring faction saw Sharad Coles abruptly become confident and suspected that Xi Shenlian had controlled his mind.

Jans Cassas recognized Shalad. Coles’s extraordinary potential and became alarmed by Xi Shenlian’s overwhelming power and influence. After discovering that Shalad’s opinions had suddenly shifted without any apparent change to his memories, Jans feared the place was unsafe and considered fleeing.

• Jans Cassas judged that Shalad. Coles could become a World Erosion Stage Awakened once he gained freedom, resources, and knowledge.
• Jans recalled Xi Shenlian’s precise, devastating Light Wave and concluded that Xi’s strength seemed far beyond his own level.
• Jans watched Shalad. Coles’s thoughts change instantly, leaving him powerless to resist Xi Shenlian’s influence.
• Jans questioned Shalad about his earlier worries, and Shalad said he had simply begun accepting the changes without knowing why.
• Jans found Shalad’s unexplained change of mind intolerable and thought he should escape while he still could.

James Cassas fled Purple Dreamland Company after concluding that Xi Shenlian could alter people’s memories or personalities and might pose a grave danger. He decided to keep the matter secret and find someone else to take over his work, while Xalard Coles was left baffled by James’s strange, pitying farewell.

• James Cassas pretended everything was normal, made an excuse, and let Xalard Coles escort him to Purple Dreamland Company’s exit.
• James Cassas left the territory and hurried toward his hometown, deciding never to tell anyone about Xi Shenlian’s ability.
• James Cassas considered tricking an unlucky person into taking over his work so others would not suspect why he had fled.
• Xalard Coles watched James Cassas leave and wondered why he had given him such a complicated, sorrowful look.

Months after Xi Shenlian consolidated his rule over the Purple Dreamland Company, its floating-continent headquarters took shape around a colossal tower built as his residence. Xi Shenlian placed a monitoring light atop the tower to watch over the continent and alert district authorities to rule-breaking.

• Xi Shenlian's rule remained unshaken despite employee dissatisfaction and the presence of two other Hegemonic Stage Awakened.
• The Purple Dreamland Company completed the basic construction of its floating-continent headquarters, establishing districts with facilities that connected them into a whole.
• Xi Shenlian built a dark-gold Giant Tower at the continent's center from Highly Compressed Black Hole Matter.
• Xi Shenlian created a monitoring light at the tower's summit that watched the continent and sent alerts to district supervisory institutions when rules were violated.

Xi Shenlian finished configuring a radiant sphere that monitored Purple Dreamland Company and issued commands to enforce its rules, while leaving some risks for his armed guards to handle. Ouin Wanseyun urged him to consider holding the company’s opening ceremony soon so it could begin engaging with outside factions.

• Xi Shenlian told Ouin Wanseyun that he had finished adjusting the sphere for now and would change it only if new needs arose.
• The sphere issued fines and occasional capture or execution orders, while Xi Shenlian chose to let the armed guards face manageable dangers and rely on his reward system to motivate them.
• Ouin Wanseyun asked Xi Shenlian when Purple Dreamland Company should hold its opening ceremony, noting that preparations and its territory were mostly ready.
• Ouin Wanseyun said Purple Dreamland Company should begin connecting with outside factions, whose envoys and diplomatic applications had arrived even though the company’s resources and internal structure were not yet fully organized.