Chapter Summaries

Morris and Marys used speed-boosting Secret Methods in a desperate chase, while Yi Chen and Shadow Emperor fled elsewhere and tracked both pursuers. Unable to catch Marys on his own, Morris called on the Human Federation to use its warships’ Warp Jump System to help intercept him.

• Morris injured himself with a Secret Method to increase his speed, and Marys answered with an even stronger speed boost that let him pull ahead.
• Yi Chen decided he and Shadow Emperor should flee in the opposite direction, and Shadow Emperor began taking turns tracking Marys and Morris.
• Marys kept escaping as Morris pursued by sensing the energy fluctuations left by his movement.
• Morris contacted Lu Qingxian and ordered the Human Federation to mobilize Small Warships to specified coordinates for warp jumps.
• Lu Qingxian agreed to Morris’s request while the Federation’s leaders privately expected the pursuit to end in failure.

Morris used a Small Warship’s Warp Jump System to get ahead of Marys and intercept him, but Marys drew on a powerful branch from a level-two-hundred-thirty-or-forty Earth Tree Race member to break through Morris’s blockade. Marys fled while his temporary power boost lasted, with Morris pursuing him.

• Morris arranged for a Small Warship to jump ahead of Marys and waited in his predicted path.
• Morris intercepted Marys and used a net of branches to block his escape routes.
• Marys tried to blast through the net, but Morris’s branches quickly closed the breach.
• Marys revealed a withered branch from the Space Stone and fused it into his body, greatly increasing his power.
• Marys shattered through Morris’s blockade and fled at full speed before the branch’s power wore off.

Marys stopped fleeing and used a powerful fruit to raise his strength for a final fight against Morris. Their battle left both badly wounded, but Morris began to falter before either could claim victory.

• Morris pursued Marys using location clues from the Human Federation's Scanners while the Three-Colored Flower's effects gradually faded.
• Realizing he could not escape, Marys chose to consume his precious fruit rather than compromise with Morris.
• The fruit flooded Marys's Root System with energy, sharply increasing his strength, and he attacked Morris.
• Marys and Morris fought fiercely, damaging each other's defenses and sustaining growing injuries.
• As the wounded pair continued fighting without a clear victor, Morris was the first to falter.

Marys and Morris fought until both were badly injured, then each fled rather than risk dying. Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor confirmed the battle had injured them and waited for news while tracking their positions.

• Marys believed his fortune-locking treasure gave him the advantage, while Morris feared the risks of continuing the fight.
• As his injuries worsened, Morris fled; Marys chose not to pursue and escaped toward the edge of the Milky Way.
• The Shadow Emperor told Yi Chen that the distance between Marys and Morris was growing.
• Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor investigated the battlefield and found signs that both fighters had been injured.
• The Shadow Emperor took Yi Chen to a safe place, where they tracked Marys and Morris and awaited reports from the Federal Parliament and Military's higher-ups.

After failing to capture Marys, Morris urged Lu Qingxian to search the Milky Way and nearby regions for the badly wounded fugitive. The Federation’s leaders recognized the search could disrupt their campaign against the Angel Star System, but chose to obey Morris rather than risk angering the Earth Tree Race.

• Morris returned to the Forbidden Restriction and told Lu Qingxian that Marys had escaped after being severely wounded.
• Morris instructed Lu Qingxian to mobilize warships and search the Milky Way and surrounding regions, promising to pursue Marys if the Federation found him.
• Lu Qingxian discussed Morris’s demands with the Council and military leaders, who warned that a broad search could slow the Angel Star System invasion and create political risks.
• Marshal Tie Xue cautioned that Morris would likely detect any attempt to only pretend to search.
• Lu Qingxian and the assembled leaders reluctantly agreed to follow Morris’s instructions.

Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor pursued the wounded Marys while the Federation launched a widening search, hoping to capture him and buy time. After catching up near the Angel Star System, Yi Chen prepared a teleportation route, and the Shadow Emperor located Marys as Yi Chen transferred his accumulated luck to the Shadow Emperor and seven Shadow Kings.

• The Shadow Emperor told Yi Chen that the Federation would search the Milky Way for Marys before expanding its search, and Yi Chen decided to try to capture Marys without involving the Soul Emperor.
• The Shadow Emperor tracked Marys and summoned the seven Shadow Kings at the Crimson Planet, then they traveled with Yi Chen toward the Exile Planet and pursued Marys.
• Marys fled toward the edge of the Local Galaxy Cluster despite his worsening injuries, while Yi Chen cultivated and advanced from Heavenly Immortal Stage Level 1 to Level 3 over a month.
• After catching up near the edge of the Angel Star System, Yi Chen set up a Defense Array and Teleportation Array on an uninhabited planet, then resumed the pursuit using Marys's changing coordinates.
• The Shadow Emperor found Marys, and Yi Chen used the Luck Incantation to transfer the luck he had accumulated over two years to the Shadow Emperor and the seven Shadow Kings.

Marys planned to recover and join forces with the Shadow Emperor and Soul Emperor to assassinate Morris, but the Shadow Emperor and seven Shadow Kings ambushed him while he was still badly wounded. As their attacks left him unable to resist, Marys offered to surrender and sign a contract, and the Shadow Emperor and Shadow Kings paused.

• Marys resolved to recover from his injuries, find the Shadow Emperor and Soul Emperor, and recruit them to kill Morris.
• The Shadow Emperor and seven Shadow Kings ambushed Marys as he fled beyond the Local Galaxy Cluster.
• Marys defended himself with branches and an Energy Shield, but the Shadow Emperor broke through and worsened his injuries.
• The Shadow Emperor and seven Shadow Kings attacked Marys again, driving their Shadow Spears into his body.
• Marys pleaded with the Shadow Emperor and Shadow Kings not to detonate their energy inside him and offered to surrender and sign a contract.
• The Shadow Emperor and seven Shadow Kings stopped their attacks in surprise.

Marys agreed to a Life-Death Contract with the Shadow Emperor in exchange for help killing Morris within ten years and regaining his freedom. After the contract took effect, Yi Chen arrived, and Marys realized the newcomer might be the Human Race Supreme Expert.

• Marys offered to sign a Life-Death Contract if the Shadow Emperor would help him kill Morris.
• The Shadow Emperor consulted Yi Chen, then promised to help kill Morris within ten years and let Marys regain his freedom if Marys kept the matter secret.
• Marys drafted the contract, and he and the Shadow Emperor signed it.
• The Shadow Emperor contacted Yi Chen and the seven Shadow Kings emerged from Marys's body.
• Yi Chen teleported to the area, and Marys sensed him and wondered whether he was the rapidly advancing Human Race Supreme Expert.

Yi Chen gained control of the badly injured Earth Tree Race expert Marys and arranged for him to recover in a Flying Magic Treasure. With Marys set to accompany him to the Supercluster, Yi Chen saw a chance to enter the Earth Tree Star Cluster, gather intelligence and materials, and prepare a Teleportation Array.

• Marys mistook the Shadow Emperor’s loyalty to Yi Chen for a Subordinate Contract, but the Shadow Emperor explained that the Shadow Race had willingly pledged itself to Yi Chen.
• Yi Chen gave Marys a Flying Magic Treasure and ordered him to recover inside it with the Shadow Emperor, then travel with him to the Supercluster in a little over half a year.
• The Shadow Emperor hid Marys in a Space Stone so the Human Federation could not find him, then returned to monitor Morris while Yi Chen and the seven Shadow Kings traveled to the Crimson Planet.
• Yi Chen considered Marys’s escape from Morris and subsequent surrender an unexpected windfall, since the Shadow Emperor and Shadow Kings could control the injured expert.
• Yi Chen planned to use Marys to enter the Earth Tree Star Cluster, raise his strength, gather information and materials, and establish a Teleportation Array.

After more than half a year of preparation, the Great Flame Empire launched a 2.5-billion-strong expedition under Zhan Cheng, beginning its campaign against the Flying Wolf Race as part of a plan to conquer the Sixteen Races Alliance. The army surrounded the Flying Wolf Race’s lair planet, leaving the invasion poised to begin.

• Yi Chen focused on cultivation while the Great Flame Empire strengthened its forces and expanded its territory during more than half a year of preparation.
• The Great Flame Empire assembled 2.5 billion elite troops, including soldiers from the Black Tiger Race, Swiftfoot Race, and Spirit Heart Race, along with the Demon Race and Human Army.
• The military set its expedition’s ultimate objective as conquering the entire Sixteen Races Alliance, starting with the Flying Wolf Race.
• Zhan Cheng took command of the Expeditionary Force as Gu Li yielded the position to him.
• The Expeditionary Force used fifteen Spacecraft to transport its troops to the Flying Wolf Race’s lair planet and clear scouts and patrols along the way.
• Hundreds of thousands of Flying Magic Treasures deployed the army around the Flying Wolf Race’s lair, which the 2.5-billion-strong force completely surrounded.

The Great Flame Empire suddenly surrounded the Flying Wolf Race with more than two billion elite troops, forcing its Great Emperor to mobilize defenses and seek help from the Sixteen Races Alliance. The Flying Wolf Race prepared to hold its lines until allied reinforcements arrived.

• Flying Wolf Race soldiers spotted the Great Flame Empire Army at the First Defense Line and alerted their Great Emperor to the invasion.
• The Flying Wolf Race Great Emperor confirmed with the Defense Line commander that more than two billion elite troops had arrived and decided to call on the other fifteen races for support.
• The Great Emperor ordered a level-120 expert to reinforce the First Defense Line, while allowing the Defense Army to retreat if the enemy attacked at overwhelming cost.
• The Great Emperor ordered civilians moved behind the Second Defense Line, directed the life planets to strengthen their defenses and send troops, and called his officials to refine the defensive deployment.

The Sixteen Races’ Supreme Experts debated how to aid the Flying Wolf Race after the Great Flame Empire attacked with its full force. They realized that the empire’s ability to redeploy its army rapidly could let it defeat their forces one by one, leaving them to choose between risking defeat and exposing their alliance.

• The Flying Wolf Race Great Emperor ended his meeting with the Flying Wolf Race higher-ups and summoned the Sixteen Races’ Supreme Experts through a Communication Stone.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader opened a discussion on responding to the Great Flame Empire’s invasion, and the Flying Wolf Race Great Emperor explained why the previous support plan would not be enough.
• The Strong Bone Race Supreme Expert proposed that the Azure Feather Race and Heart Piercing Race support the Flying Wolf Race while neighboring races attacked the Great Flame Empire’s Life Planets.
• The Supreme Experts warned that the Great Flame Empire’s rapid troop transfers could leave attacking forces vulnerable to sudden defeat and could threaten the Azure Feather Race and Heart Piercing Race at home.
• The Sixteen Supreme Experts recognized that their safest option might be to gather their armies for a direct battle, but doing so would expose their alliance to the Undying Race.

The Sixteen Races’ leaders considered how to stop the Great Flame Empire’s invasion without exposing their alliance or risking a direct war. They decided that the Flying Wolf, Azure Feather, and Heart Piercing Races would seek Undying Race reinforcements, offering surrender and tribute to persuade them to act quickly.

• The Supreme Experts rejected peace with the Great Flame Empire because its ambitions and position made reconciliation impossible.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader proposed asking the Undying Race to intervene, and the others agreed the Flying Wolf Race could make the request without revealing their secret alliance.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader suggested that the Azure Feather and Heart Piercing Races join the appeal as allies of the Flying Wolf Race.
• The Supreme Experts agreed to threaten that all three races would surrender to the Great Flame Empire if the Undying Race delayed or refused to send troops.
• The Azure Feather Race Clan Leader proposed resuming annual tribute, potentially doubling it, to give the Undying Race another incentive to intervene.
• The Supreme Experts continued planning how to persuade the Undying Race and how to handle unacceptable terms.

Zhan Cheng and the Great Flame Empire’s senior officials learned that the Sixteen Races had asked the Undying Race for help, but decided to continue their plan while monitoring the response. The Expeditionary Force attacked the Flying Wolf Race’s First Defense Line, where the defenders believed their fireproof reinforcements had stopped the Human Army’s flames, unaware that the attack had been deliberately restrained.

• A Shadow Venerable sent the Sixteen Races Supreme Experts’ decision to seek Undying Race aid to the Great Flame Empire Military.
• Zhan Cheng ordered the Intelligence Organization to track the Undying Race and instructed the Military to continue its original plan.
• The Expeditionary Force sent four Vanguard Armies, each carrying 250,000 Human Army soldiers, toward the Flying Wolf Race’s First Defense Line.
• Flying Wolf Race commanders deployed the Defense Army to face the approaching vanguard.
• The four Vanguard Armies launched a Fire Sea attack from about five kilometers away, and the flames failed to breach the Spirit Mine walls.
• Flying Wolf Race soldiers credited the wall’s fireproof materials with stopping the attack, while the Human Army held back its full power to lure the Sixteen Races into a decisive battle.

The Great Flame Empire’s Human Army feigned exhaustion after a prolonged attack, while the Flying Wolf Race held its fire rather than risk a counterattack. After a two-hour rest, the Great Flame Empire launched a second assault with lightning suppression and advancing allied troops.

• The Human Army intensified its fire and lightning attacks, but the Flying Wolf Race elites stabilized the defenders and blocked the lightning.
• After more than half an hour, the Human Army stopped attacking, and the Flying Wolf Race believed its enemies had exhausted their Spiritual Power.
• The Flying Wolf Race commanders rejected calls to counterattack, judging that an advance could cost them troops without defeating the Great Flame Empire’s much larger army.
• After resting for more than two hours, the Great Flame Empire launched a second assault, using the Human Army for lightning suppression while Black Tiger Race, Swiftfoot Race, and Spirit Heart Race troops advanced toward the First Defense Line.
• The Flying Wolf Race commanders ordered their soldiers to launch Ranged Attacks and stop the advancing troops.

The Three-Race Army advanced through the Flying Wolf Race’s ranged fire and reached the city walls, while the Flying Wolf Race Commander waited for their formation to break apart before counterattacking. As the defenders retreated toward the inner side of the walls, he ordered the Assault Team to prepare to strike.

• The Black Tiger Race warriors advanced behind their shields but were pinned down by the Flying Wolf Race’s concentrated ranged attacks.
• The Flying Wolf Race Commander refused to counterattack early, aiming to conceal the Defense Army and wait until the Three-Race Army’s formation became disordered.
• After more than an hour, the Spirit Heart Race’s mental attacks weakened the Flying Wolf Race’s suppression, allowing the Black Tiger Race to advance faster.
• When the army reached about five hundred meters from the walls, Swiftfoot Race Assault Teams drew the defenders’ fire while the Black Tiger Race charged the city wall.
• The Black Tiger Race overwhelmed the defenders and pushed them toward the inner side of the wall, and the Flying Wolf Race Commander ordered the Assault Team to prepare to counterattack.

The Flying Wolf Race repelled the Three-Race Army’s second attack, unaware that the Expeditionary Force had deliberately feigned weakness to draw the Sixteen Races into a decisive battle. Meanwhile, Duke Falla decided to contact Marquis Hibo about the stalled assassination mission as he prepared to intervene against the Great Flame Empire.

• The Flying Wolf Race Assault Teams counterattacked, routed the Three-Race Army, and drove it from the walls, killing around eight hundred thousand to a million soldiers.
• The Flying Wolf Race commander believed the failed attacks had broken the Great Flame Empire’s morale, while the Expeditionary Force withdrew as planned and prepared defenses.
• The Expeditionary Force’s high command had deliberately limited its ranged attacks and staged the second assault to lure the Sixteen Races into forming an allied army.
• Duke Falla received an aid request from the Flying Wolf Race, Heart Piercing Race, and Azure Feather Race, and decided to send troops against the Great Flame Empire while weighing how to maximize the Undying Race’s advantage.
• Duke Falla chose to contact Marquis Hibo to ask why the Assassination Team had made no progress in more than half a year.

Marquis Hibo reported the difficulties of his assassinations to Duke Falla, while secretly following the Great Flame Empire's plan. Duke Falla decided to mobilize the Undying Race army against the Great Flame Empire at the Flying Wolf Race's lair, unaware that Hibo and his Assassination Team had surrendered to the Empire.

• Duke Falla questioned Marquis Hibo about the Assassination Team's limited number of kills, and Hibo blamed the Great Flame Empire's defenses, scouts, and concealment treasures.
• Duke Falla asked about the Great Flame Empire's attack on the Flying Wolf Race, and Marquis Hibo explained how its space-tearing and storage treasures enabled rapid troop movements.
• Duke Falla said the Flying Wolf Race, Heart Piercing Race, and Azure Feather Race had requested aid in exchange for increased tribute, and Hibo argued that they should also be made to accept Undying Race rule.
• Duke Falla decided to assemble troops and send them against the Great Flame Empire, while Marquis Hibo agreed to gather intelligence and later help reorganize the army.
• Marquis Hibo urged secrecy and preparations against ambushes, concealing that he and his team had already surrendered to the Great Flame Empire and were guiding Duke Falla into its plan.

The Great Flame Empire prepared a secret mission to disrupt the Undying Race’s gathering of three billion elite troops, but Yi Chen refused to lend the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, forcing the military to target the enemy commanders instead. An assassination team approached the Undying Race’s hidden assembly point in three perception-blocking Flying Magic Treasures.

• The Flying Wolf Race repelled several more attacks on its First Defense Line and grew confident it could withstand the Great Flame Empire without outside help.
• Duke Falla secretly gathered Undying Race elite troops on an Uninhabited Planet, planning to assemble three billion soldiers for an invasion of the Great Flame Empire.
• A Large Warship arrived near the planet, and three Flying Magic Treasures carrying an assassination team slipped through the Undying Race’s surveillance network.
• Yi Chen refused the military’s request to use the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram to transport the whole army, insisting that the Great Flame Empire’s forces needed to grow through battle.
• The military changed its plan to assassinate or capture the Undying Race army’s commanders, and a force of Legion Commanders, high-level experts, and Human Race geniuses set out in the Flying Magic Treasures.

Gu Li and the Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader led an ambush against the Undying Race army on the Uninhabited Planet, aiming to capture its two marquises and seize its other powerful members. They captured one marquis and several barons, while the assault on the remaining Undying Race forces continued.

• Gu Li coordinated with Tai Shi and Luo Ge as their Flying Magic Treasures approached separate targets on the Uninhabited Planet.
• Gu Li and the Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader identified the Undying Race marquis and his forces inside a Black Flying Carpet, then organized an attack.
• More than a hundred and fifty Human Race geniuses and their partners broke through the Black Flying Carpet's Energy Shield and routed its defenders.
• The Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader imprisoned the Undying Race Marquis while three level-120 Black Tiger Race powerhouses wounded him and cut him into pieces.
• A Top Genius transported the bound, captured marquis into the Flying Magic Treasure, while the attackers began targeting the Undying Race Viscounts and captured five Barons.