Chapter Summaries

Yi Chen used Law attacks to destroy the Undying Race marquises’ Green Light Shield and wore down one marquis with a Fire Sea while evading their assault. After Marquis Moses moved to aid the trapped marquis, Yi Chen revealed his Teleportation Ability, engulfed another marquis in fire, and forced the remaining pursuers to flee.

• Yi Chen destroyed the Green Light Shield with a lightning attack while keeping a marquis trapped in his Fire Sea.
• Marquis Hibo and the other marquises charged Yi Chen, but he evaded them while maintaining the Fire Sea and improving the Heaven Severing Art.
• Yi Chen stopped the Fire Sea when the trapped marquis’s Essence Blood neared depletion, and Marquis Moses flew toward him.
• Marquis Hibo and the others accused Marquis Moses of betrayal and tried to stop him, but Yi Chen’s Fire Sea drove them back.
• Yi Chen teleported behind another marquis and engulfed him in a Fire Sea.
• The remaining pursuers fled in different directions, abandoning the marquis trapped by the flames.

Yi Chen easily defeated and captured six marquises and thirty-five Counts, then returned to cultivating while Marquis Moses addressed the prisoners. After Marquis Moses revealed Yi Chen’s role in the massacre on Undying Star and his rapid rise in power, the captives began to understand why he had willingly become Yi Chen’s servant.

• Yi Chen pursued the fleeing marquises and trapped all five in his Fire Sea, draining their Essence Blood until Marquis Moses could control them.
• Yi Chen and Marquis Moses captured six marquises and thirty-five Counts in just over half an hour.
• Yi Chen returned to the Flying Magic Treasure to cultivate, leaving Marquis Moses to decide what to do with the prisoners.
• Marquis Moses released the captives and told them that he had taken Yi Chen as his master.
• Marquis Moses revealed that Yi Chen had caused the deaths of powerful experts on Undying Star and had been only a little over level 120 at the time.
• The marquises and Counts reconsidered Yi Chen’s power and began to envy Marquis Moses for joining his side.

Marquis Moses urged six marquises and thirty-five counts to sign Life-Death Contracts and pledge loyalty to Yi Chen, explaining that the Great Flame Empire had rapidly conquered several races. He left them weighing whether surrendering would save the Undying Race or whether reporting Yi Chen’s rise to its leaders would bring about its destruction.

• Marquis Moses told the captured marquises and counts that the Great Flame Empire had conquered the Black Tiger Race and Spirit Heart Race and was preparing to attack the Swiftfoot Race.
• The captives realized Yi Chen was using Crimson Planet to develop the Great Flame Empire and feared his plans included conquering the Undying Star System.
• Several captives considered pretending to surrender so they could send a warning to the Undying Monarch and Grand Duke Bo Lai, despite the Life-Death Contract’s lethal consequences.
• Marquis Moses argued that warning the Undying Race might provoke Yi Chen and hasten its defeat, while surrendering could give the race a path to survive.
• The marquises and counts remained divided and uncertain about whether to pledge loyalty to Yi Chen.

Marquis Moses persuaded six marquises and thirty-five counts to surrender to Yi Chen and sign Life-Death Contracts under his command. Yi Chen ordered them to keep delaying Duke Falla and maintain their low profile while the Great Flame Empire continued to grow.

• Marquis Moses argued that the marquises and counts could gain power by pledging loyalty to Yi Chen, and clarified they would sign contracts with him as their manager.
• Marquis Hibo agreed to surrender first, and the other five marquises and thirty-five counts followed.
• Marquis Moses drafted Life-Death Contracts, which all six marquises and thirty-five counts signed.
• Marquis Moses reported their surrender to Yi Chen, who ordered them to stall Duke Falla's side for a few months and avoid recruiting trusted aides for now.
• Marquis Moses relayed Yi Chen's instructions, and the marquises and counts waited on a nearby Uninhabited Planet.

After Yi Chen advanced to the sixth level of the True Immortal Stage, the Expeditionary Force assembled its armies and traveled to the Swiftfoot Race’s home planet. Gu Li began revising the planned attack as the fleet prepared to strike.

• Yi Chen broke through to the sixth level of the True Immortal Stage after cultivating for just over half a month.
• The Black Tiger Race, Demon Race, and Spirit Heart Race assembled their armies, with the Black Tiger Race eager to regain its standing through Contribution Points.
• More than two hundred million elite troops boarded the Spacecraft and traveled from Colin Planet to the planet where the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest was located.
• The Expeditionary Force cleared Swiftfoot Race scouts and patrols while the commanders gathered aboard the Large Warship.
• Gu Li confirmed the plan to destroy the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest and kill the Swiftfoot Great Emperor, then said intelligence required adjustments to the attack plan.

Gu Li adjusted the Expeditionary Force’s Total Attack Plan after learning that Swiftfoot Great Emperor intended to flee with only one billion clansmen and abandon the rest. The forces prepared to seize the Swiftfoot Race’s hidden resources and geniuses, while the main assault was postponed so both attacks could begin simultaneously.

• Gu Li explained that Swiftfoot Great Emperor planned to leave with the Elite Army, resources, and about one billion clansmen, abandoning more than thirty billion others.
• Gu Li gave surrendered Swiftfoot Race powerhouses evidence of the abandonment plan so they could use it to reduce resistance when governing the eleven life planets.
• Gu Li revealed that the Swiftfoot Race’s resources and geniuses had been moved to a nearby Uninhabited Planet, then assigned the Spirit Heart Race and Corps Commander Tai Shi to attack it.
• Gu Li postponed the Total Attack Plan by about half a day so the attacks on the Swiftfoot Race and the Uninhabited Planet could begin simultaneously.
• The Expeditionary Force finalized its revised plan, sent one Spacecraft toward the Uninhabited Planet, and later dispatched three Flying Magic Treasures ahead to target Swiftfoot Race experts.

The Expeditionary Force infiltrated the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest and split into three teams to eliminate isolated Swiftfoot Race experts. Zhan Cheng’s team began clearing commanders, leaving the Swiftfoot Race’s Elite Army command system increasingly vulnerable.

• The three Flying Magic Treasures entered the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest undetected and divided the area’s targets among Zhan Cheng, Luo Ge, and Zong Shan’s teams.
• Zhan Cheng led the main force toward the Swiftfoot Great Emperor’s gathering place, while his team first entered a palace chamber containing three Swiftfoot Race commanders.
• Zhan Cheng assigned the Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader to attack the level 110 expert and Chief Bone Spike and Chief Mo Tuo to kill the two level 100 experts.
• The team killed all three commanders, with Bone Spike and Mo Tuo dispatching their targets faster than the Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader killed his.
• Zhan Cheng’s team moved from target to target as the other teams also eliminated Swiftfoot Race commanders, causing the Elite Army’s command personnel to disappear.

The Expeditionary Force began its assault on the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest, while Zhan Cheng's teams prepared to capture the Swiftfoot Race's senior experts. After learning that the Elite Army's commanders had likely been killed, the Swiftfoot Great Emperor ordered a migration to begin, unaware that a hidden Flying Magic Treasure had infiltrated his restriction.

• Zhan Cheng assigned targets inside the Swiftfoot Great Emperor's restriction, prioritizing the emperor, four level 120 Princes, and level 110 Princes for capture or severe injury.
• Gu Li ordered tens of thousands of Flying Magic Treasures to deploy around the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest, where Black Tiger Race and Spirit Heart Race troops gathered.
• Swiftfoot Race scouts reported the sudden enemy appearance, but their Communication Stones could not reach the experts commanding the Elite Army.
• After hearing that the commanders were unreachable, the Swiftfoot Great Emperor sent experts to take over the army and then ordered the Swiftfoot Race's migration plan to begin.
• A mung-bean-sized Flying Magic Treasure slipped into the Swiftfoot Great Emperor's restriction while it was open, escaping his perception.

Tai Shi’s forces trapped the Swiftfoot Race’s hidden reserve on an Uninhabited Planet, while the Expeditionary Force launched a coordinated ambush against the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest. The Swiftfoot Great Emperor was killed, leaving the Swiftfoot Race’s forces in disarray.

• Tai Shi’s army surrounded the Uninhabited Planet where the Swiftfoot Race had hidden its geniuses, resources, and treasures, and forced its Flying Magic Treasures to retreat inward under heavy attacks.
• The Swiftfoot Great Emperor realized the hidden reserve had been discovered but could not send reinforcements because the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest was also under attack.
• After receiving Gu Li’s signal, Zhan Cheng ordered the assault teams to attack their targets at the Old Nest.
• The Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader, Chief Bone Spike, and Chief Mo Tuo ambushed the Swiftfoot Great Emperor, restrained him, and wounded him with successive attacks.
• Chief Bone Spike and Chief Mo Tuo killed the Swiftfoot Great Emperor, while the other assault teams captured or gravely wounded their targets and threw the Swiftfoot Race experts into chaos.

The Expeditionary Force defeated the Swiftfoot Race, captured its experts, and occupied its Old Nest after a day and a half of fighting. Zhan Cheng’s plan to conquer the three races was nearly complete three months ahead of schedule, with the remaining Life Planets still to be brought under control.

• Zhan Cheng’s forces killed the Swiftfoot Great Emperor, captured the Swiftfoot Race experts, and reported the mission’s success to Gu Li.
• Gu Li ordered the Expeditionary Force to attack, and the Human Army quickly breached the Swiftfoot Race’s First Defense Line as its soldiers panicked and fled.
• Surrendered Swiftfoot Race experts spread word of the Great Emperor’s migration plan and persuaded clansmen to surrender as the Expeditionary Force advanced through the Old Nest.
• Tai Shi’s army captured the Swiftfoot Race genius team, while resistance within the Old Nest was gradually suppressed.
• After a day and a half, the Expeditionary Force controlled the Swiftfoot Race Old Nest and declared the war over.
• Zhan Cheng’s three-race conquest plan was on track to finish about three months ahead of schedule, with control of the remaining Life Planets still to be secured.

Yi Chen approved Zhan Cheng’s expansion plan and ordered the Expeditionary Force to return for the Ninth New Cultivation Method Teaching. Duke Falla learned that the Nika Tribe had conquered the Swiftfoot Race and began doubting Marquis Moses’s intelligence.

• Yi Chen received news that the Expeditionary Force controlled all eleven Swiftfoot Race Life Planets and approved Zhan Cheng’s mid-term plan to conquer more than twenty nearby races.
• Yi Chen ordered the Expeditionary Force to return to the Great Flame Empire Garrison in one month for the Ninth New Cultivation Method Teaching.
• The Military Department’s upper ranks grew excited when Yi Chen’s message promised the next lesson in the Tribulation Realm Chaos Art.
• Duke Falla learned that the Nika Tribe had conquered the Swiftfoot Race and questioned how it had risen so quickly.
• Duke Falla reconsidered Marquis Moses’s report and suspected that Moses had either missed crucial information or been bought off by the Nika Tribe.

Duke Falla suspected that Marquis Moses and the Assassination Team were deliberately dragging their feet over his orders to target the Nika Tribe. He offered rewards for killing Nika Tribe experts, unaware that Marquis Hibo and the team had already surrendered to the Great Flame Empire.

• Duke Falla concluded that Marquis Moses had likely feigned an investigation to protest against him and decided to tolerate the defiance while focusing on the Nika Tribe.
• Duke Falla contacted Marquis Hibo, whose delayed response and report of a months-long investigation further convinced him the Assassination Team was stalling.
• Duke Falla warned Marquis Hibo that the Nika Tribe had conquered the Swiftfoot Race and threatened the Undying Race's plans to reunify the Heavenly Spirit Star System.
• Duke Falla promised the Assassination Team generous rewards for each Nika Tribe expert killed or captured.
• Marquis Hibo agreed, but he and the Assassination Team had already surrendered to the Great Flame Empire and would not attack its forces.

Duke Falla planned to use assassinations and rewards to contain the Nika Tribe and other rising races, while the Nika Tribe’s latest conquest alarmed the surrounding powers. Sixteen racial Supreme Experts gathered for an emergency meeting, where the Giant Ant Race Clan Leader opened a discussion on resisting the Nika Tribe rather than forming an alliance.

• Duke Falla agreed to reward Marquis Hibo’s Assassination Team and reasoned that greed would lead it into conflict with the Nika Tribe.
• Duke Falla decided to offer rewards for assassinating leaders of rising races and ordered his Intelligence Organization to collect more information.
• News of the Nika Tribe’s conquest of the Swiftfoot Race unsettled rising and weak races across the Heavenly Spirit Star System.
• The Azure Feather Race Clan Leader used a special treasure to gather the rulers of races around the Great Flame Empire.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader began the meeting with sixteen Supreme Experts, framing it as a discussion of resistance rather than an alliance.

The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader warned the Supreme Experts of the Various Races that the Nika Tribe, now called the Great Flame Empire, intended to expand across the Heavenly Spirit Star System. The leaders agreed they needed to unite, but worried the Undying Race would crush any alliance they formed.

• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader explained how the Nika Tribe conquered the Spirit Heart and Swiftfoot Races, then helped stabilize the Swiftfoot Race instead of destroying it.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader argued that the Nika Tribe’s lenient treatment of conquered races revealed ambitions beyond its recent conquests.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader warned that the Various Races could not resist the Great Flame Empire individually and would lose their territory if conquered.
• The Supreme Experts discussed the Great Flame Empire’s ambitions and agreed that the Various Races’ only defense was to unite and support one another.
• The Flying Wolf Race Great Emperor raised the central obstacle: the Undying Race would suppress any alliance among the Various Races.

The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader proposed that the sixteen races secretly coordinate against the Great Flame Empire while waiting to see whether the Undying Race could suppress it. The Supreme Experts agreed on cooperation plans and began negotiating the details, resolving disputes among the races.

• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader argued that the races should secretly reach an understanding and wait while the Undying Race dealt with the Great Flame Empire.
• The Supreme Experts agreed to share intelligence and coordinate their armies through small, secret training teams.
• The races approved providing mutual aid if one of them was invaded, including resources and assistance to strengthen defenses.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader proposed exchanging resources and treasures to help every race improve its strength.
• The Supreme Experts quickly approved the broad cooperation plans, then resolved disputes over the details with help from the other races.

The Great Flame Empire learned that the Sixteen Races had secretly formed an alliance, but its military leaders saw the coalition as an opportunity to conquer them together. After reaching the ninth level of the True Immortal Stage, Yi Chen returned to teach the Ninth New Cultivation Method, leaving the top geniuses learning how to create formations.

• The Supreme Experts of the Sixteen Races finalized and signed their secret alliance contract, but the Great Flame Empire's Intelligence Organization obtained every detail.
• Yi Chen skimmed the alliance plan, while the Military Department adjusted its deployments and welcomed the chance to defeat the Sixteen Races as a coalition.
• A month later, Yi Chen returned to the Great Flame Empire's encampment after breaking through to the ninth level of the True Immortal Stage and began his Ninth New Cultivation Method Teaching.
• Yi Chen taught the Tribulation Realm Chaos Art and insights into the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth to the gathered clansmen and more than three hundred top geniuses.
• Yi Chen taught the top geniuses improved techniques, then explained how to construct Law Runes and set up Formations.

Yi Chen broke through to Level 140, which he called Heavenly Immortal Stage Level 1, after conquering the Swiftfoot Race and gaining a major talent boost. He stabilized his realm, increased his Divine Sense, and began upgrading his cultivation methods as he prepared to reach beyond the Local Galaxy Cluster.

• After the top geniuses learned to construct Law Runes, Yi Chen ended the Ninth New Cultivation Method Teaching and returned to cultivate.
• Yi Chen sensed a breakthrough approaching and returned to the garrison, where his breakthrough’s heavenly signs sparked celebrations across the Great Flame Empire.
• The Black Tiger Race’s people reconsidered Chief Nika’s suppression of the rebels, while the Shadow Race and Demon Race welcomed Yi Chen’s growing strength.
• Yi Chen absorbed the Law fragments and successfully reached Level 140, or Heavenly Immortal Stage Level 1.
• Yi Chen concluded that he could nearly defeat the Local Galaxy Cluster’s Supreme Experts, but would need to go to the Supercluster to advance beyond the cluster’s Level 150 limit.
• After stabilizing his realm and raising his Divine Sense to its limit, Yi Chen began improving his cultivation methods for Heavenly Immortal Stage.

Yi Chen learned that Morris was going to meet Marys and rushed to observe their negotiation. Marys continued stalling, and Morris's offer of ten million Medium-Grade Immortal Stones left him stunned.

• The Shadow Emperor told Yi Chen that Morris had contacted Marys, who claimed his injuries still needed more time to heal.
• Yi Chen traveled with the Shadow Emperor to Marys's star, where Morris had already arrived and was urging Marys to return to the Earth Tree Star Cluster.
• Morris offered to add resources and treasures, but Marys refused, privately deciding to keep delaying Morris and wear him down.
• Morris offered ten million Medium-Grade Immortal Stones as compensation, and Marys stared at him in disbelief at the low amount.

Morris tried to pressure Marys into completing their mission, claiming his resources had been stolen and offering increasingly higher compensation. Marys refused until his injuries healed, and the two stood on the verge of a fight, though Marys had prepared treasures to protect himself and escape.

• Morris told Marys that the Shadow Emperor had stolen his Space Stone and all his resources, so he could not pay the promised compensation until he recovered it.
• Marys doubted Morris's story but listened as Morris complained about the Earth Tree Race's misfortune in the Local Galaxy Cluster and raised his offer to thirty million Medium-Grade Immortal Stones.
• Marys refused to use his tracking methods until his injuries had fully healed, and Morris approached him coldly to examine them.
• Marys accused Morris of using force to pressure him, and Morris admitted he would make him comply so they could finish the mission.
• Marys kept quiet rather than argue and relied on borrowed treasures that could protect him and help him escape Morris.

Morris attacked Marys when he refused to stop delaying the mission, disrupting Yi Chen’s plan to use Marys to buy time. Marys used a Three-Colored Flower to escape, and Morris injured himself with a secret art to catch up.

• Morris lost patience with Marys’s stalling and sent branches after him, forcing Marys to flee while the Shadow Emperor carried Yi Chen away.
• Yi Chen told the Shadow Emperor to watch the fight, hoping Marys could keep delaying Morris and avoid being captured.
• Morris struck Marys, but a golden shield absorbed most of the blow and let Marys gain distance.
• Marys swallowed a Three-Colored Flower from his Space Stone, boosting his speed and making compromise even less likely.
• Morris used a secret art that injured him but nearly doubled his speed, closing the distance as he pursued Marys.