Chapter Summaries

Morris received an urgent order to arrange for the Human Federation to mass-produce troop-transport Large Warships, but the required cooperation contract could only be signed by the missing Yi Chen. As Marys remained missing and he had no way to complete the new task without Yi Chen, Morris was left weighing what to do.

• Lai Tes ordered his experts to contact the War Affairs Department and gather information from Morris.
• An External Affairs Department staff member told Morris that the Earth Tree Race had entered emergency war preparations and required the Human Federation to prepare for mass production of Large Warships and train their operators.
• Morris realized that securing materials and organizing production were manageable, but the contract required Yi Chen, who had not been found.
• The staff member anxiously waited for Morris to end the call, while Morris told him to wait as he considered his predicament.
• Morris recalled that he could abandon his earlier tasks and return to the Supercluster, but his losses and potential profits had kept him in the Local Galaxy Cluster.

Morris decided to notify Yi Chen through the Human Federation’s contract so he could complete the External Affairs Department’s urgent cooperation mission, despite the risks to his plans and fortune. Meanwhile, Earth Tree Race officials discovered that the Federation’s Subordinate Contract was missing from their records and investigated whether it had ever been signed.

• Morris ordered his staff to have the External Affairs Department use the contract to summon Yi Chen to the Human Federation headquarters’ Life Planet.
• Morris accepted that contacting Yi Chen would make his losses irreversible, but chose not to delay the mission and risk a serious crime.
• Staff in the Earth Tree Race External Affairs Department searched their contract repository and could not find the Subordinate Contract with the Human Federation.
• The repository supervisor searched the contracts himself, then called his superior after suspecting that the contract might never have existed.
• A level 220 Earth Tree Race Expert arrived and opened the restrictions around the Contract Pillar to investigate its records.

The External Affairs Department discovered that the Human Race Supreme Expert had never signed the Subordinate Contract, contrary to what its envoys had reported. The Sixteen Chief Stewards decided to investigate and capture him while prioritizing the production of Large Warships, and they prepared to inform the elder.

• An Earth Tree Race Expert searched the Contract Pillar and confirmed that it had never received the contract from the Human Race Supreme Expert.
• The contract storage Chief Steward verified the result and notified the other fifteen high-ranking officials of the External Affairs Department.
• The Sixteen Chief Stewards debated who was responsible and considered whether the Human Race Supreme Expert had deliberately refused to sign the contract.
• The Chief Stewards agreed to investigate the Human Race's situation, capture the Supreme Expert, and negotiate his punishment with the Human Race.
• The Chief Stewards made mass-producing Large Warships their urgent priority and decided to report the matter to the elder.
• The Chief Steward overseeing Morris contacted him to ask about the situation.

Morris confessed to the Earth Tree Race’s Chief Steward that he had colluded with the Human Federation, lost his possessions, and suffered repeated setbacks while pursuing the Human Race Supreme Expert. The Chief Stewards gave him a chance to redeem himself by protecting the Human Federation and arranging a new Subordinate Contract, while revealing their belief that the Supreme Expert wanted the Earth Tree Race to destroy the Human Race.

• Morris accepted his Chief Steward’s communication and, after being warned not to conceal anything, confessed his dealings with the Human Federation and his failures in the Local Galaxy Cluster.
• Morris recounted how the Shadow Emperor seized his possessions, the Shadow Emperor and Soul Race turned his subordinates into hosts, and he tricked and seriously injured Marys.
• The Chief Stewards decided Morris could redeem himself by protecting the Human Federation and having its leaders negotiate a new Subordinate Contract with the Earth Tree Race.
• Morris asked about the contract signed with the Human Race Supreme Expert, and the Chief Steward explained that the Supreme Expert had never signed it.
• The Chief Steward told Morris that the Supreme Expert seemed to want the Earth Tree Race to destroy the Human Race, but the Earth Tree Race would not sacrifice its strategic interests to do so.

Morris learned that the Earth Tree Race planned to manipulate the Human Federation into building Large Warships by concealing its military need and presenting its leniency as mercy. After Morris told Lu Qingxian that Yi Chen had never signed the Subordinate Contract, the Human Federation’s leaders were left anxiously awaiting the Earth Tree Race’s decision.

• The Chief Steward told Morris that the Earth Tree Race would spare the Human Federation for now, provide resources, and demand that it build Large Warships, while warning Morris not to accept further bribes.
• Morris contacted Lu Qingxian, ordered the search for Marys suspended, and revealed that Yi Chen had never signed the Subordinate Contract.
• Lu Qingxian blamed Yi Chen and begged Morris to explain the Human Federation’s situation to the External Affairs Department.
• Morris pretended he would appeal to the higher-ups, though he knew their decision had already been made and had no intention of contacting them.
• Lu Qingxian contacted the Council and Military leaders, but they found no solution and could only wait anxiously for the Earth Tree Race’s verdict.

Lu Qingxian and the Human Federation’s senior officials learned that the Earth Tree Race would spare them and accept them as a subordinate race, while sending a force to capture Yi Chen. They prepared to sign the contract, encouraged by the promise that Yi Chen could reduce his punishment by creating techniques and that Morris’s earlier contract—and their promised payment to him—was void.

• Morris told Lu Qingxian and the senior officials that the Earth Tree Race would give the Human Federation another chance after learning of its conflict with Yi Chen.
• Lu Qingxian declared that Yi Chen and the Great Flame Empire were no longer part of the Human Federation, and Morris ordered the officials to prepare to sign a Subordinate Contract.
• Morris said the External Affairs Department would send a force to capture Yi Chen and impose Extreme Punishment, which Yi Chen could reduce by creating techniques that benefited the Human Federation.
• Lu Qingxian and the officials thanked Morris and promised the benefits they had previously agreed to provide.
• Morris revealed that he had been reprimanded for privately accepting benefits, so his earlier contract with the Human Federation was void and no payment was due.
• Morris ended the call, and Lu Qingxian and the officials prepared to sign the new contract with the Earth Tree Race.

The Human Federation officially became a subordinate race of the Earth Tree Race, and Morris instructed it to stockpile Large Warships and operators. Meanwhile, news of Morris’s attack on Marys had leaked to the Supercluster, leaving Marys surprised when Oliman brought it up.

• Lu Qingxian, the Federation Executives, and their lawyers signed the Earth Tree Race’s Subordinate Contract, making the Human Federation an official subordinate race.
• Morris offered to supply requested resources and told the Federation to produce as many Large Warships as possible and train their operators.
• Lu Qingxian promised that the Federation would begin stockpiling ships and operators, and Morris sent the delegation away to prepare.
• On the way to the Violent Gold Race’s galaxy cluster, Marys received a communication request from Oliman and asked Yi Chen how to respond.
• Marys told Oliman he was recovering in an Extragalactic Group after being set up by an External Affairs Department expert, and Oliman revealed that he already knew what had happened.

Marys learned that the Earth Tree Race planned to send Supreme Experts after Yi Chen, while Yi Chen prepared to monitor their movements and continued his plans. Two days later, Yi Chen's Large Warship reached the Lance Star Cluster, home to the powerful Violent Gold Race.

• Oliman told Marys that the External Affairs Department planned to capture Yi Chen and urged Marys to return from the Extragalactic Group; Marys reluctantly agreed to consider it.
• Yi Chen learned that the Earth Tree Race knew he had not signed the Subordinate Contract and ordered the Shadow Emperor to have agents monitor the External Affairs Department.
• The Human Federation submitted its materials list to Morris, and the External Affairs Department began preparing the resources while its dispatched troops assembled.
• The Great Flame Empire's Expeditionary Force attacked nearly sixty Surrounding Races, and its expansion and integration of conquered races continued to strengthen the empire.
• Yi Chen's Large Warship arrived at the Lance Star Cluster, where the Violent Gold Race controlled nearly one-fifth of the Life Planets.

Yi Chen drained a level-210 Violent Gold Race expert’s luck, then Marys and the Shadow Emperor captured him in a coordinated ambush. The expert agreed to sign a Life-Death Contract, and the group waited for him to recover before continuing their plan against a level-220 Violent Gold Race powerhouse.

• Yi Chen gathered information about nearby Life Planets, then used the Luck Incantation to drain a level-210 Violent Gold Race expert’s luck.
• The Shadow Emperor brought Marys to the expert, and Marys attacked while the Shadow Emperor struck from the other side, leaving the expert unconscious.
• The Shadow Emperor bound the expert and reunited him with Yi Chen, who assigned Marys to negotiate a contract with him.
• The expert reluctantly signed the Life-Death Contract after Marys offered lenient terms, resources, and a promise to keep the matter secret.
• Yi Chen restored some of the expert’s luck, and the group waited for him to recover enough to unleash his strongest attack.

Yi Chen and his allies drained Poseis’s luck, then launched a coordinated ambush on the Level 220 Violent Gold Race lord. Poseis was badly wounded and surrounded as their assault continued.

• Yi Chen advanced to Dao Immortal Stage Third Level, and the Level 210 Violent Gold Race expert chose his oppressive lord Poseis as their next target.
• Shadow Emperor infiltrated Poseis’s palace and secretly brought Yi Chen’s perception close enough for Yi Chen to drain Poseis’s luck over more than a day.
• Shadow Emperor, Marys, and the Violent Gold Race expert prepared themselves with Immortal Materials and returned to Poseis’s secret chamber.
• Marys and the Violent Gold Race expert attacked Poseis together, and Poseis dodged the wrong strike, allowing the expert to smash his shoulder and Marys to hit his chest.
• A Shadow Spear shot toward Poseis from behind as the Violent Gold Race expert and Marys pressed their assault.

The Shadow Emperor, Marys, and a Violent Gold Race powerhouse defeated Poseis and brought him to Yi Chen. Yi Chen offered Poseis a Life-Death Contract that would return his freedom after ten years, leaving Poseis to puzzle over Yi Chen’s identity and the lenient terms.

• The Shadow Emperor bound the badly wounded Poseis with the Immortal Vine after the three attackers overwhelmed him.
• The Shadow Emperor carried Poseis and the others out of the Defense Restriction and returned to Yi Chen.
• Yi Chen told Poseis to submit and sign a Life-Death Contract, promising to free him after ten years.
• Yi Chen explained that the Shadow Emperor and Marys were his contracted subordinates and planned to control Poseis personally.
• Poseis wondered why the Earth Tree Race and Shadow Race had joined forces and began suspecting Yi Chen’s contract terms reflected a powerful identity or lenient conditions.

Yi Chen persuaded Poseis to sign a ten-year contract in exchange for freedom, secrecy, and generous payment, then began preparing to subdue a Time Race expert. As the Earth Tree Race prepared to send resources to the Human Federation, Yi Chen faced pressure to act before Poseis fully recovered.

• Yi Chen offered Poseis a ten-year contract that preserved his wealth, paid him ten trillion Low-Grade Immortal Stones annually, and kept his capture secret, and Poseis accepted and signed it.
• Yi Chen confirmed that controlling Poseis removed half the threat from the Earth Tree Race and sent a Large Warship toward the Time Star Cluster to find another level 220 expert.
• Yi Chen and the Shadow Kings gathered intelligence in the Time Star Cluster and selected a target, but delayed their attack while Poseis recovered.
• Shadow Emperor told Yi Chen that the Earth Tree Race had delivered its first batch of resources for the Human Federation and might depart for the Local Galaxy Cluster in two or three days.
• Yi Chen recognized that Poseis was not yet ready and that the Time Race expert remained unsubdued, forcing him to plan around acting in the Local Galaxy Cluster and avoiding suspicion of the Time Race.

Yi Chen and Shadow Emperor arranged a stealth ambush on Titanbo, a level 220 Time Race Expert, after Yi Chen drained his luck. Poseis and the others captured Titanbo with ease, leaving Poseis convinced Shadow Emperor’s infiltration could make even a level 230 expert vulnerable.

• Yi Chen learned the External Affairs Department had departed and waited until Poseis could briefly fight at full strength.
• Shadow Emperor secretly brought Yi Chen into Titanbo’s palace, where Yi Chen extracted all of Titanbo’s luck over more than a day.
• Shadow Emperor returned with Poseis, Marys, and a level 210 Violent Gold Race expert, then led them back into Titanbo’s palace.
• Poseis, Marys, and the Violent Gold Race expert ambushed Titanbo, shattered his defenses, and heavily wounded him before he could use his time-control ability.
• Shadow Emperor bound Titanbo with the top-grade Immortal Vine and carried him out of the palace with the group.
• Poseis realized Shadow Emperor’s stealth could enable a close-range ambush against a level 230 expert and greatly improve their chances of victory.

Yi Chen captured Titanbo and persuaded him to sign a contract pledging loyalty in exchange for freedom after ten years and help taking revenge on a level 220 Time Race Expert. Titanbo began recovering from his injuries while Yi Chen prepared to help capture the enemy in one month.

• Titanbo mistakenly assumed Poseis and the others had attacked him on behalf of their races, but Yi Chen revealed that they were his subordinates and offered him a ten-year contract.
• Titanbo agreed to sign and asked Yi Chen to help kill a level 220 Time Race Expert who had destroyed his family and friends and forced him to seize another body.
• Yi Chen agreed to capture Titanbo's enemy and keep him imprisoned until Titanbo's contract ended, with the enemy to be handed over afterward.
• Titanbo stipulated that Yi Chen must kill the enemy if Titanbo died on an assigned mission, and Yi Chen accepted the condition.
• Titanbo signed the contract, entered the Flying Magic Treasure to recover, and learned that Yi Chen planned to move against his enemy in one month.

Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor joined Poseis and Titanbo to ambush and capture a level 220 enemy, then returned from the Supercluster to the Crimson Planet with their mission complete. Yi Chen left with two powerful allies, abundant resources, and an enormous reserve of luck.

• Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor traveled to the enemy's Life Planet, where Yi Chen drained the target's luck over a day and a half.
• The Shadow Emperor brought Poseis and Titanbo into the Defense Restriction, and the two experts ambushed the target using Titanbo's Time Law Power and Poseis's punch.
• The Shadow Emperor took the target's Space Stone, bound the unconscious enemy with Immortal Vine, and led the group away from the planet.
• Yi Chen decided the mission was complete, and the Shadow Emperor stored Poseis and Titanbo to recover while imprisoning the target separately.
• Yi Chen returned with the group through the Teleportation Array to the Crimson Planet, carrying major gains and a vast reserve of luck.

After Yi Chen broke through to Dao Immortal Stage Level 5, the Shadow Emperor reported that a powerful Earth Tree Race force was arriving in two days to deal with the Human Federation’s troubles and transport warships. Yi Chen planned to keep the force occupied and disguise their losses as the work of the Shadow Race, but he had no clear strategy yet.

• Yi Chen cultivated on the Crimson Planet while the Shadow Emperor secretly monitored Morris and gathered information about the arriving Earth Tree Race force.
• After half a month, Yi Chen reached Dao Immortal Stage Level 5 in the Earth Tree Star Cluster, and the Shadow Emperor warned him that the Earth Tree Race experts would arrive in about two days.
• The Shadow Emperor reported that the force included two level 220 experts, five level 210 experts, more than twenty Level 200 experts, and thousands of lower-level combatants.
• Yi Chen realized that defeating the force could earn him karmic fortune but might prompt the External Affairs Department’s Level 230 leaders to intervene, so he wanted to delay them and make them blame the Shadow Race.
• Yi Chen asked whether the force included trackers and search specialists, and the Shadow Emperor reasoned that it likely did.
• Unable to find a reliable plan, Yi Chen decided to wait for the Earth Tree Race force to arrive before choosing how to act.

Yi Chen and the Human Federation awaited the sixth Earth Tree Race expedition, which was bringing massive aid and powerful experts. As the troops neared, Yi Chen hoped they would target the Soul Race first so he could prepare.

• The Human Federation’s leaders gathered with Morris to welcome the sixth Earth Tree Race batch and anticipated its promised aid worth over thirty trillion Low-Grade Immortal Stones.
• Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor waited nearby, planning to draw out the newcomers’ fortune before deciding how to respond.
• Morris trusted that the arriving experts, including two level 220 cultivators, would prevent trouble and let him finish his mission safely.
• Yi Chen hoped the Earth Tree Race would attack the Soul Race first, but prepared to drain the newcomers’ fortune and have the Shadow Emperor bring Poseis and Titanbo against them if they attacked him.
• After more than ten hours of waiting, Marshal Tie Xue received word from the warship captain that the Earth Tree Race troops were almost there.

Bunier’s Earth Tree Race force arrived in the Local Galaxy Cluster and began arranging the transfer of resources and support to the Human Federation. As Bunier chose to target the Soul Race first, Yi Chen prepared to use the opportunity to eliminate the force’s trackers while keeping powerful allies and Marys’s betrayal secret.

• Five Earth Tree Race warships arrived, and Bunier and Leisike greeted Morris and the Human Federation Executives.
• Bunier handed over a Space Stone of resources and assigned five level 210 Experts to escort its distribution and protect the Federation’s headquarters.
• Bunier chose to begin by finding and eliminating the Soul Race, using preserved auras and items to track it.
• Yi Chen told Marys to ignore further contact from the Earth Tree Race, hoping to delay their search for the Shadow Emperor.
• Yi Chen planned for the Shadow Emperor to eliminate the Earth Tree Race personnel skilled in tracking without involving Poseis, Titanbo, or Marys’s subordinates.

Bunier used three Earth Tree Race trackers to locate the Soul Emperor and led the Human Federation’s officials on a mission to destroy the Soul Race. Yi Chen and Shadow King secretly boarded their warship, and Yi Chen drained the trackers’ fortune before turning his attention to Bunier.

• Three Earth Tree Race members independently tracked the Soul Emperor to the southeast, roughly 2.5 million light-years away, in a small galaxy outside the Milky Way.
• Bunier invited Lu Qingxian and the Human Federation’s officials to witness the Soul Race’s destruction, and they agreed.
• Bunier and Blake led the Earth Tree Race force and the Human Federation officials aboard a Large Warship and set out for the Soul Emperor’s location.
• Yi Chen and Shadow King secretly boarded the warship, while Yi Chen drained the fortune of the Level 200, Level 190, and Level 180 trackers.
• Yi Chen began extracting Bunier’s fortune as the Large Warship accelerated.

Yi Chen had Shadow Emperor contact Soul Emperor while extracting Bunier’s fortune. At the Mist Cloud Star System, Soul Emperor received the request with delight, expecting news about the Earth Tree Race and hoping to strengthen his relationship with Shadow Emperor.

• Yi Chen told Shadow Emperor it was time to notify the Soul Race, and Shadow Emperor sent Soul Emperor a communication request.
• The chapter explained that Soul Emperor and the Soul Race had settled in the Mist Cloud Star System, where their powerful hosts let them seize about a thousand planets while hiding their identity from the Mist Cloud Race.
• Soul Emperor and the Soul Kings had grown overconfident toward the Earth Tree Race because its envoys had repeatedly provided bodies that boosted their strength.
• Soul Emperor practiced Earth Tree Race abilities in outer space when Shadow Emperor’s communication request arrived.
• Soul Emperor eagerly accepted the request, expecting Shadow Emperor to share Earth Tree Race news and hoping the contact would bring them closer.