Chapter Summaries

Gu Li's team captured both Undying Race Marquises and their forces, completing its early-stage mission. The team then headed toward a new target while the other two teams had already captured more than a dozen targets combined.

• Gu Li's team captured the first Undying Race Marquis and his experts, then searched for the second Marquis.
• Gu Li learned that the second Undying Race Marquis was approaching and prepared the team to ambush him.
• The second Marquis led his experts in a breakout, but Gu Li activated the backup plan and surrounded them.
• The Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader immobilized the second Marquis, and three level 120 Black Tiger Race experts severely wounded him before he was captured.
• Gu Li's team captured the remaining Undying Race experts and rushed toward a new target as the other two teams advanced faster.

Duke Falla learned that the Great Flame Empire's Assassination Team had killed or captured most of the Undying Race commanders gathered on an Uninhabited Planet, and suspected an inside man had revealed their positions. After discussing the threat with Marquis Hibo, he chose to withdraw the army and tear up the agreement with the Flying Wolf Race, Heart Piercing Race, and Azure Feather Race.

• A surviving expert reported to Duke Falla that the Great Flame Empire's Assassination Team had killed or captured the two marquises, more than fifty counts, and most of the viscounts and barons on the Uninhabited Planet.
• Duke Falla suspected an upper-ranking Undying Race insider had exposed the commanders' locations, but decided to postpone investigating and focus on the stranded army.
• Duke Falla contacted Marquis Hibo, who expressed disbelief and asked how the Assassination Team could have found the commanders' posts.
• Duke Falla asked Marquis Hibo whether to send replacement commanders or withdraw the army, and Marquis Hibo advised withdrawing until they could counter the Assassination Team.
• Duke Falla accepted that withdrawing the army and tearing up the agreement with the three races was the only way to reduce losses.

After Duke Falla withdrew the Undying Race’s promised support, the Sixteen Races decided to confront the Great Flame Empire Army as a Coalition and devised defenses against its assassins. They left the discussion confident that a protected General Command Post could limit the pirate group’s threat.

• Duke Falla ordered the Undying Race Elite Army to withdraw and told the Flying Wolf Race, Heart Piercing Race, and Azure Feather Race he could not send troops.
• The Sixteen Races’ Supreme Experts gathered to discuss why the Undying Race had abandoned its agreement and what to do next.
• The Supreme Experts agreed to form a Coalition and fight the Great Flame Empire Army directly, while worrying that its pirate group could assassinate their experts.
• The Extreme Fire Race Supreme Expert proposed scattering commanders among their forces and keeping the Coalition’s General Command Post secure for a quick battle.
• The Supreme Experts planned to gather defensive treasures, including borrowing a killing-intent-sensing treasure from the Sky Yue Race and a mobile shield from the Snow Fox Race.

The Sixteen Supreme Experts finalized plans to defeat the Great Flame Empire Army by using the Defense Army to withstand its ranged attacks and destroy its ranged attack force. They then prepared to seize the empire’s territory, leaving the Sixteen Races secretly mobilizing their Elite Army toward designated areas.

• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader and the Supreme Experts agreed that the General Command Post’s defenses were sufficient, while accepting that their alliance could not remain hidden forever.
• The Supreme Experts identified destroying the Great Flame Empire’s ranged attack army at the start of battle as the key to victory and spent over an hour designing tactics around the Defense Army.
• The Sixteen Races finalized plans to defeat the Great Flame Empire Army, occupy its territory, and prepare to resist any intervention by the Undying Race.
• The Supreme Experts ended their secret meeting, summoned their races’ upper ranks, and issued tasks to mobilize the Elite Army toward designated areas using the Azure Feather Race’s Flying Magic Treasures.

The Great Flame Empire and the Sixteen Races Coalition prepared for a decisive battle while the Undying Race and the other races watched, weighing how the outcome might reshape the Heavenly Spirit Star System. After half a month, the nearly four-billion-strong coalition assembled on a Life Planet, and the Great Flame Empire Army arrived to confront it.

• The Great Flame Empire Army reduced its attacks on the Flying Wolf Race's lair and withdrew, while the Sixteen Races Coalition gathered on a Heart Piercing Race Life Planet.
• The Various Races watched the alliance and the Undying Race, while Duke Falla hoped both armies would suffer heavy losses or that the coalition would defeat the Great Flame Empire.
• After half a month, the Sixteen Races Coalition completed its assembly, and the Great Flame Empire's 2.5 billion soldiers vanished from the Flying Wolf Race's Life Planet.
• Fifteen Spacecraft appeared above the coalition's Life Planet, and Flying Magic Treasures cleared the way toward it.
• The Sixteen Races Coalition welcomed the Great Flame Empire's approach and adjusted its formations as hundreds of thousands of Flying Magic Treasures landed and Great Flame Empire soldiers formed battle lines opposite them.

The Sixteen Races Coalition and the Great Flame Empire Expeditionary Force prepared for a decisive battle, each following plans to exploit the other’s movements. As both sides advanced their vanguard armies, the two forces moved closer to a confrontation.

• The Heart Piercing Race clan leader proposed attacking the Great Flame Empire Army while it reorganized, but the Coalition’s Supreme Experts rejected the idea and kept to their original plan.
• Zhan Cheng reviewed the Expeditionary Force’s plan to use the Human Army as a feint, destroy the Coalition’s Defense Army, and surround the remaining forces to compel surrender.
• The Expeditionary Force completed its deployment, sent the million-strong Human Army and Vanguard Army forward, and loaded troops into Flying Magic Treasures for a future encirclement.
• The Sixteen Races Coalition learned that the Great Flame Empire Vanguard Army was led by the unknown race’s ranged assault force and advanced a three-hundred-million-strong Vanguard Army of its own.
• The two vanguard armies moved toward one another as Coalition powerhouses joined the Defense Army.

The Human Army faced a probing assault by the Sixteen Races Alliance and used overwhelming ranged fire to devastate the attacking Three-Race Army. The allied commander ordered a retreat, while concealing that his million soldiers had been sent as bait in a plan to feign weakness.

• The Sixteen Races Vanguard Army sent a million soldiers from the Heart Piercing Race, Flying Wolf Race, and Extreme Fire Race to attack the Human Army.
• Gu Li ordered the Human Army to unleash Fire Dragons at one-tenth power as the allied force advanced behind the Heart Piercing Race's Energy Shield.
• The Human Army's barrage tore gaps in the shield and inflicted heavy losses on the Flying Wolf Race soldiers who charged through.
• After the Flying Wolf Race failed to reach the Human Army, the commander ordered all forces to retreat.
• The commander privately recognized that the attack had used the million-strong army as bait for the plan to feign weakness.

The Human Army routed the Three-Race Army, while the Sixteen-Race Coalition used the apparent defeat to prepare a trap and launch an all-out attack. As the Azure Feather Race charged within range, Gu Li ordered the Human Army to attack at full force.

• The Human Army shattered the Energy Shield and routed the Three-Race Army, leaving only about a hundred thousand soldiers to escape.
• Swiftfoot Race teams captured the wounded as the Human Army advanced and the Sixteen-Race Coalition's Vanguard Army took a defensive posture.
• Gu Li's Human Army attacked the Vanguard Army's giant Energy Shield while the Swiftfoot Race and Black Tiger Race armies prepared to strike.
• The Sixteen-Race Coalition commander ordered an all-out attack, sending twenty million Azure Feather Race troops ahead of nearly three hundred million Vanguard Army soldiers.
• The Azure Feather Race charged to within two kilometers of the Human Army, and Gu Li ordered Ice Thorn to attack with full force.

Gu Li’s Human Army annihilated the Azure Feather Defense Army and devastated the Sixteen Races Vanguard Army with Ice and Fire attacks. The Sixteen Races’ leaders suspected a mole in their command post after realizing the Great Flame Empire had somehow anticipated their alliance and strategy.

• At Gu Li’s command, the Human Army switched to a full-strength Ice attack and killed or wounded nearly all twenty million Azure Feather soldiers, while their level 120 commander retreated.
• Gu Li ordered the First Legion to withdraw and the Human Army to advance with a powerful Fire Sea attack against the Sixteen Races Vanguard Army.
• Human soldiers and allied troops used Flying Magic Treasures to circle toward the Sixteen Races’ flanks and rear as the Vanguard Army suffered heavy losses and fled.
• The Sixteen Races’ Supreme Experts and higher-ups learned that the Defense Army had been wiped out and the Vanguard Army had lost more than half its forces.
• The Sixteen Races’ leaders concluded that the Great Flame Empire had concealed its strength, then suspected a mole among their own ranks and searched the command post with murderous suspicion.

The Sixteen Races' Coalition discovered that the Great Flame Empire Army was surrounding them and hurried to break out before the encirclement closed. Their Azure Feather Race assault failed to stop the Human Army from advancing, leaving the coalition's escape in jeopardy.

• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader proposed searching for an informant, and the Sixteen Supreme Experts inspected one another and the other coalition leaders without finding anything suspicious.
• After learning that the coalition was investigating an informant, Zhan Cheng told Gu Li to advance slowly and continue encircling the enemy.
• An Azure Feather Race intelligence officer reported that Great Flame Empire forces were gathering around the coalition, and the Supreme Experts realized the enemy intended to surround them.
• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader ordered the Azure Feather Race army to form an Assault Legion and break through the western side while the rest of the coalition turned to follow.
• The Human Army's Fire Sea burned most of the charging Azure Feather Race soldiers, while their Assault Legions only slowed its advance and failed to stop the encirclement.

The Sixteen Races Coalition sent its heavily defended General Command Post toward the Great Flame Empire’s Human Army, hoping to crush the Ranged Attack Army and break the encirclement. Zhan Cheng’s forces anticipated the assault, teleported the Human Army away, and trapped the command post with Spirit Heart Race mental barriers as experts gathered to surround it.

• After the Azure Feather Race Assault Legion failed to break through, the Sixteen Races Coalition decided to use its General Command Post as an assault force against the Great Flame Empire’s Ranged Attack Army.
• Zhan Cheng and the Great Flame Empire’s high-level officials planned to lure the command post in, then immobilize it with Spirit Heart Race mental power while the Human Army teleported away.
• Great Flame Empire experts and human geniuses gathered among the western Human Army as the Sixteen Races Coalition formed a new assault legion and advanced with its command post hidden at the center.
• The Azure Feather Race Clan Leader piloted the Flying Magic Treasure through the Human Army’s fire, bringing it within five kilometers of the Human Army.
• The Human Army teleported six or seven kilometers to either side, leaving Great Flame Empire experts behind as thousands of Spirit Heart Race experts used mental power to imprison the command post.

The Great Flame Empire ambushed the Sixteen Races Coalition’s command post, captured the Giant Ant Race leaders, and offered the trapped races terms of surrender. The Flying Wolf Race and Extreme Fire Race led the way, and the other fifteen races surrendered as well.

• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader led dozens of higher-ups out of the Flying Magic Treasure to break the Spirit Heart Race’s blockade, but the Great Flame Empire’s experts surrounded and captured them in half a minute.
• The Azure Feather Race Clan Leader halted his planned breakout as the Great Flame Empire’s forces surrounded the command post again.
• The Spirit Heart Race Clan Leader urged the coalition to surrender, explaining the consequences of resisting and giving them five minutes to decide.
• The Flying Wolf Race Clan Leader surrendered first, and the Extreme Fire Race’s leaders followed.
• The other fifteen races’ Supreme Experts and higher-ups surrendered and allowed the Spirit Heart Race experts to seal them with Vines.

The Great Flame Empire secured the surrender of the Sixteen Races and took control of their nearly four billion soldiers, while Yi Chen’s talent bonus rose sixfold. The news alarmed the other races, who began meeting to decide how to handle the growing threats of the Great Flame Empire and the Undying Race.

• The Giant Ant Race Clan Leader and the other leaders accepted surrender after learning the other races had agreed, and the Sixteen Races’ leaders signed contracts with the Great Flame Empire’s top geniuses.
• The leaders ordered their armies to surrender, and although soldiers panicked and some resisted, Great Flame Empire forces suppressed them and took control of nearly four billion troops within about a day.
• The Sixteen Races’ leaders returned to their armies to oversee the transition, while the Great Flame Empire planned to gradually take over their territories; Yi Chen’s talent bonus and cultivation speed increased sixfold.
• Secret agents informed the other races that the Sixteen Races had surrendered, surprising their leaders and raising fears that the Great Flame Empire had become a major power alongside the Undying Race.
• The Tribal Chiefs and upper ranks of the Various Races convened meetings to discuss how to withstand the two powers and emerge as the ultimate winners.

Duke Falla struggled to respond after the Sixteen Races surrendered to the Great Flame Empire, while the Empire began consolidating its gains and preparing for future expansion. Yi Chen decided to travel to the Supercluster and learned that Morris, the Human Federation, and the Soul Race were pursuing plans that would not interfere with his own.

• Duke Falla learned that the Sixteen Races had surrendered with few losses and realized his forces could not suppress the Great Flame Empire while the Undying Race remained divided.
• The Great Flame Empire began digesting the Sixteen Races’ territories and reorganizing their Elite Armies while agents carried resources to neighboring races to prepare for future campaigns.
• After reaching Heavenly Immortal Stage Level 7, Yi Chen decided to head to the Supercluster and asked Bai Ruoxin to prepare the Large Warship.
• Shadow Emperor told Yi Chen that Morris was still searching for Marys and that the Federation Executives were hoping to improve relations with Yi Chen by offering better terms.
• The Demon Emperor reported that the Soul Race had taken control of the Earth Tree Race and was choosing a star system from which to enter the struggle for supremacy in the Local Galaxy Cluster.
• Yi Chen concluded that the Soul Race’s plans would not affect his interests as long as it did not target the Human Federation’s young children.

Yi Chen traveled with Shadow Emperor, Marys, Bai Ruoxin, and the others toward the Supercluster, steadily advancing his cultivation during the long journey. The group entered the Supercluster with Yi Chen at Heavenly Immortal Stage Level 9 Peak, one step from a higher Great Realm.

• Yi Chen summoned Marys and had Shadow Emperor accompany him, then waited as the five Shadow Kings brought Marys and Shadow Emperor arrived with Bai Ruoxin.
• The group boarded Yi Chen's Flying Magic Treasure and joined the Large Warship, which began its journey toward the Supercluster through repeated warp jumps and faster-than-light travel.
• Yi Chen broke through from Heavenly Immortal Stage Level 7 to Level 8, prompting Marys to understand why the Shadow Race had bet its future on him.
• Yi Chen advanced to Heavenly Immortal Stage Level 9 and then Level 9 Peak, but could not reach the next Great Realm until he entered the Supercluster.
• Yi Chen spent the final two days resting and visiting nearby planets before the Large Warship entered the Supercluster.

Yi Chen broke through to Dao Immortal Stage Level 1 at the edge of the Supercluster, then stabilized his realm and improved his cultivation methods aboard the Large Warship. As the ship continued toward the Earth Tree Star Cluster, the Shadow Emperor detected a Kai Yue Race Flying Magic Treasure ahead, and both vessels began changing course.

• Yi Chen comprehended the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and Law Power, breaking through to Dao Immortal Stage Level 1 within minutes.
• Marys was astonished by Yi Chen’s rapid breakthrough and began to reconsider whether his ten-year Life-Death Contract was too short.
• Yi Chen returned to the Large Warship, stabilized his Immortal Power, strengthened his Divine Sense, and upgraded his cultivation methods.
• The Shadow Emperor detected a Kai Yue Race Flying Magic Treasure ahead, and Bai Ruoxin ordered the Large Warship to change course.
• Marys explained that the Kai Yue Race was a plundering race attached to the Time Race, then noticed that its Flying Magic Treasure had also turned toward them.
• The Shadow Emperor entered stealth mode and appeared beside Yi Chen after realizing the Kai Yue Race vessel had detected their Large Warship.

Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor confronted a Kai Yue Race Expert approaching their warship, while Marys intercepted him. After learning the Kai Yue Race member might summon a powerful Time Race ally, Yi Chen still chose to approach and pursue the chance to seize his fortune.

• Marys tried to stop the cylindrical Flying Magic Treasure, while Yi Chen concealed the Large Warship inside the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram and withdrew with the Shadow Emperor.
• Marys intercepted the vessel again, and a powerful Kai Yue Race member emerged to face him.
• Marys reported that the Kai Yue Race member matched his strength, and the Shadow Emperor warned Yi Chen that the enemy might summon a level 210 Time Race Expert through a contract.
• Yi Chen learned that the Shadow Emperor could likely conceal them from the Time Race member and decided to go take a look rather than retreat.

Yi Chen ordered Marys to keep the Kai Yue race expert occupied while he drained the expert’s luck. After Marys’s defenses held against an initial attack, the Kai Yue race expert summoned a massive lightning bolt to strike him.

• Yi Chen told Shadow Emperor to have Marys delay the Kai Yue race expert and prevent him from calling a Time Race expert too soon.
• Using Shadow Emperor’s perception images, Yi Chen located the Kai Yue race expert and began rapidly draining his luck with the improved Luck Incantation.
• Marys stalled the Kai Yue race expert with conversation while the expert searched for the hidden Large Warship and Yi Chen drained more than half of his luck.
• The Kai Yue race expert attacked Marys with his scales, but Marys formed a vast net of branches that stopped them.
• The Kai Yue race expert joined his antennae and summoned a huge bolt of lightning above Marys.

Yi Chen extracted the Kai Yue Race Expert’s luck while Marys fought him, first trying to delay the battle and then receiving orders to kill him quickly. After Yi Chen returned the Expert’s Black Luck, Marys faced the new order with the Time Race Expert still a potential threat.

• The Kai Yue Race Expert struck Marys with tracking lightning, but Marys’s defenses absorbed most of its power and left him only slightly injured.
• Shadow Emperor explained the Kai Yue Race Expert’s lightning abilities and warned that Marys would likely win if the Expert could not gain a greater advantage with his remaining trump card.
• Marys attacked relentlessly to delay the Expert’s transformation into lightning, while Yi Chen continued extracting his luck.
• Yi Chen sensed the extracted Green Luck had turned into Black Luck, returned it to the Kai Yue Race Expert, and ordered Marys to kill him as quickly as possible.
• Marys read Yi Chen’s message and, despite his concerns about the Time Race Expert’s intervention, prepared to follow the new order.

Marys feigned weakness to lure the Kai Yue Race Expert into repeatedly exhausting and injuring himself with lightning attacks. After the Kai Yue Race Expert realized the trap and charged again, Marys dodged and closed the surrounding branches around him.

• Marys pretended to struggle and defended against the Kai Yue Race Expert's lightning attacks to wear him down.
• The Kai Yue Race Expert launched two attacks, each exhausting his energy before he could break through Marys's defenses.
• Marys taunted the Kai Yue Race Expert about his injuries and challenged him to fight without summoning his Time Race master.
• The Kai Yue Race Expert broke through Marys's defensive net, but their clash shattered a branch and left both of them spitting blood.
• The Kai Yue Race Expert swallowed a black Immortal Fruit and launched another lightning attack, but Marys dodged it.
• The Kai Yue Race Expert realized Marys had been luring him into the trap as Marys's branches contracted and attacked him.