Chapter Summaries

Yi Chen used Shadow Emperor, Poseis, and Titanbo to lure the Three-Race Alliance elders into the Split Armor Race’s Defense Restriction. The elders believed they had trapped the attackers, but Yi Chen’s Teleportation Ability gave him an escape route they had not anticipated.

• Yi Chen sent Shadow Emperor, Poseis, and Titanbo to attack the Split Armor Race Clan Leader while keeping the Human Army ready to teleport away if the Three-Race Alliance targeted it.
• Poseis struck the prepared Split Armor Race Clan Leader, who used a spatial treasure to open a crack for the Three-Race Alliance elders to enter.
• When the elders arrived, Shadow Emperor concealed Poseis and Titanbo and tried to escape, but the Clan Leader layered the Defense Restriction with shields.
• Yi Chen realized the elders had been drawn in as planned and pulled Shadow Emperor into his Flying Magic Treasure.
• The Three-Race Alliance elders activated confinement treasures and added more shields, unaware that Yi Chen’s Teleportation Ability could bypass their defenses.

Yi Chen used his Teleportation Ability to ambush the Three-Race Alliance’s elder squads before they could attack the Human Army or warn one another. Within minutes, he captured all nine squads, including thirteen level 240 elders and hundreds of other powerhouses.

• Yi Chen escaped the Defense Restriction, gave the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram to the Shadow Emperor, and used a Teleportation Array to reach the Fick Race’s lair.
• Bai Ruoxin received Yi Chen’s message, and the Human Army and the other eight armies began advancing toward their targets.
• After a mole reported the Human Army’s movement, the Split Armor Race Clan Leader alerted a Time Race elder, who led an Earth Tree Race elder and their forces toward the Fick Race’s lair.
• Yi Chen sensed the first squad’s spatial rift, ambushed the Time Race and Earth Tree Race elders, and captured them and their Level 230 and level 220 forces.
• Yi Chen used the Teleportation Arrays to ambush the remaining squads, including a Reincarnation Race elder’s team, before they could send warnings.
• In three or four minutes, Yi Chen captured all nine squads: thirteen level 240 Three Races Elders, more than fifty Level 230 powerhouses, and over three hundred level 220 powerhouses.

The Earth Tree Race Second Elder evacuated the trapped clan leaders, elders, and high-level experts into a Jade Stone Space while the Three Races Elders prepared to capture the Shadow Emperor. The chapter leaves the elders launching a Golden Ball’s indiscriminate attack to force him out of hiding.

• The Split Armor Race Clan Leader told everyone that the three hegemon races had allied against the Great Flame Empire and urged them not to resist being taken into the Jade Stone Space.
• The Earth Tree Race Second Elder drew the clan leaders, elders, and level 220 and 230 experts into the Jade Stone Space, leaving the Three Races Elders and Split Armor Race Clan Leader inside the Defense Restriction.
• The Three Races Elders believed they had trapped the Great Flame Empire’s strongest forces and that the nine elder teams could capture its other armies and expert groups.
• The Reincarnation Race Second Elder warned the elders to guard against Yi Chen, and they searched the Defense Restriction before gathering together.
• An Earth Tree Race Elder activated a Golden Ball that flooded the Defense Restriction with energy and began eroding the defenders’ shields to break the Shadow Emperor’s hidden state.

The Three Races Elders and the Split Armor Race Clan Leader repeatedly removed Defense Shields and attacked the area but could not reveal the concealed Shadow Emperor. When they tried contacting the Nine-Route Elder Team, none of the teams responded, leaving the elders uncertain how to proceed.

• The Earth Tree Race Second Elder ordered the Split Armor Race Clan Leader to remove Defense Shields, but the Shadow Emperor remained undetected as layer after layer disappeared.
• The Reincarnation Race Second Elder suggested attacking the entire space, but the coordinated attacks still failed to break the Shadow Emperor's concealed state.
• The Time Race Second Elder asked whether the Nine-Route Elder Team had reported success, and the Earth Tree Race Second Elder and Reincarnation Race Second Elder said they had heard nothing.
• The three races' second elders contacted the team leaders and then other members, but no one answered, deepening their fear that all nine teams had been lost.
• The Time Race Second Elder asked the Earth Tree Race Second Elder and Reincarnation Race Second Elder what they should do as the operation stalled and the plan fell into chaos.

Yi Chen returned to the Split Armor Race garrison after dealing with the nine elder teams, while the three races’ elders abandoned their attempts to expose Shadow Emperor and targeted the Human Army instead. Zong Shan teleported the army to the garrison, where Yi Chen began drawing its twenty million soldiers into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram as the elders rushed to attack.

• The Earth Tree Race Second Elder convinced the Time Race and Reincarnation Race Second Elders not to split their forces and to keep trying to force Shadow Emperor out of stealth.
• Yi Chen returned to the garrison, sent Shadow Emperor, Poseis, and Titanbo into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, and extracted the luck of several elders inside the shields.
• After their attacks failed and the defenses were dismantled, the three races’ Second Elders ordered their forces to target the Great Flame Empire’s Human Army.
• Yi Chen warned Zong Shan, who teleported the twenty million soldiers to the Split Armor Race garrison as the elders and the Split Armor Race Clan Leader flew toward them.
• Yi Chen used the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram to pull the Human Army inside, while the three races’ elders rushed toward the garrison and the Earth Tree Race elders attacked the suction force’s endpoint.

Yi Chen escaped the Three Races Elders, then secretly followed them despite their elaborate escape precautions. As they hid to recover, Yi Chen began draining the Third Elder’s luck.

• Yi Chen brought the twenty million Human soldiers into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram and teleported away from the Three Races Elders’ attacks.
• The Split Armor Race Clan Leader decided not to attack the Great Flame Empire Army, hoping to avoid provoking the Empire after the failed plan.
• Yi Chen tried to follow the elders into the spatial Top-Grade Treasure but was repelled, then used his Teleportation Technique to follow them through a Space Crack.
• The Earth Tree Race Second Elder released the elders and the Split Armor Race Clan Leader in a hidden location, while keeping lower-level experts inside the Space Treasure.
• As the elders began meditating and cultivating, Yi Chen stayed concealed nearby and began drawing away the Third Elder’s luck.

Yi Chen killed the captured Three Races Elders and experts, then devised a way to capture the remaining elders using an Illusion Array inside the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram. After luring them into an attack, he sucked all eighty-odd level 240 experts into the diagram, where their perceptions were distorted.

• Yi Chen drained the Luck Energy of the remaining Three Races Elders, then killed the thirteen captured elders and experts when their Luck Energy was exhausted.
• After waiting two hours without seeing the elders' bad luck take effect, Yi Chen decided to capture them with an Illusion Array set up inside the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.
• Yi Chen traveled to the Great Flame Empire Army, released the twenty million Human Army, and returned to the elders' hiding place with the array prepared.
• Shadow Emperor, Poseis, and Titanbo attacked an Earth Tree Race Elder, drawing the Three Races Elders together while Yi Chen activated the array and began pulling them into the diagram.
• The captured elders lost their ability to sense one another and panicked, while Yi Chen and his allies intercepted the rest.
• Yi Chen used his Teleportation Ability and the diagram's suction to capture all eighty-odd level 240 experts.

Yi Chen annihilated the Three Races Elders and secured the Split Armor Race’s surrender, accelerating the Great Flame Empire’s expansion. The three hegemon races grew panicked when the Great Flame Empire denied capturing their missing elders and refused to discuss ransom.

• Yi Chen brought the Shadow Emperor, Poseis, and Titanbo into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, where they killed the Three Races Elders while sparing the Split Armor Race Clan Leader.
• The Split Armor Race Clan Leader surrendered, and Yi Chen freed the captive clan leaders and upper ranks, who accepted the surrender of their races.
• Yi Chen drained the Luck Energy of the remaining captured powerhouses and killed them before turning to cultivation.
• News spread that more than a hundred races had surrendered to the Great Flame Empire, alarming races across the Supercluster and the three hegemon races.
• After waiting for ransom demands, the Three Clans' Leaders sent negotiators to ask the Great Flame Empire about the missing elders, but its officials denied ever seeing them and refused to negotiate.

Yi Chen led the Great Flame Empire through its fifth expansion, bringing most of the Golden Cloud Galaxy Cluster under its rule and beginning another round of cultivation instruction. Alarmed by the Empire’s rapid growth, the Three Hegemon Races debated whether to fight it before it became unstoppable.

• Yi Chen reached Level 232 as the Great Flame Empire began its fifth expansion, splitting its forces across ten routes to conquer five large races and hundreds of smaller ones.
• The Great Flame Empire used its intelligence network and overwhelming forces to secure the surrender of all its targets within half a month, bringing one-sixth of the Golden Cloud Galaxy Cluster under its rule.
• Yi Chen summoned the Empire’s top geniuses and began the fifteenth teaching of the New Cultivation Method.
• The Three Hegemon Races convened an emergency meeting after learning of the expansion, with the Earth Tree Race Clan Leader urging them to fight the Great Flame Empire before it grew too powerful.
• The Time Race and Reincarnation Race leaders recognized that surrender might not protect their powerful civilizations from eventual suppression by the Great Flame Empire.

The Three Hegemon Races planned to unite the Supercluster’s major races and attack the Great Flame Empire, while the Human Federation reluctantly prepared to support them. The Federation’s citizens began to suspect that Yi Chen and the Great Flame Empire posed a greater threat than the alliance admitted.

• The Earth Tree Race Clan Leader proposed forming a Coalition, recruiting the Supercluster’s major races, and using threats and incentives to secure troops and peace contracts.
• The Three Clans’ Leaders and Elders spent two days finalizing the war plan, then divided up tasks to gather resources, assemble armies, and contact other races.
• Earth Tree Race contacted the Human Federation, and Lu Qingxian’s officials agreed to cooperate despite doubting the Coalition could defeat Yi Chen.
• Lu Qingxian ordered the Federation to mobilize its Large Warships, and the Council and Military issued announcements about the coming war.
• Federation citizens questioned why the Three Hegemon Races had made such costly preparations, and concluded that Yi Chen and the Great Flame Empire must frighten them.

Yi Chen prepared the Great Flame Empire for the Coalition of the Three Hegemon Races while the empire conquered the Golden Cloud Galaxy Cluster and grew stronger. After a year and a half of mobilization, the Coalition began advancing, and Yi Chen welcomed the coming battle with confidence.

• Yi Chen learned that the Three Hegemon Races were assembling a Coalition and trusted the Great Flame Empire could defeat it.
• The Great Flame Empire launched its sixth expansion, conquering races across the Golden Cloud Galaxy Cluster as its armies cultivated and grew stronger.
• The Three Hegemon Races assembled a Coalition of more than three thousand large races, with over ten quadrillion troops and thousands of Level 240 experts.
• After a year and a half of preparation, the Coalition split into three armies and began advancing toward the Golden Cloud Galaxy Cluster.
• Yi Chen, now at Level 241, assessed the Coalition's strength and planned to counter its numerical advantage with the Great Flame Empire's experts and Shadow Race assassins.

Yi Chen traveled to the Time Race's advancing army and secretly drained the luck of its leaders and the elders of many other races. He left the Time Race's leadership alive, intending to strike the Three Hegemon Races after the Coalition had gathered.

• Yi Chen set out aboard a Large Warship toward the Time Race's army while the Shadow Kings tracked the allied forces' movements.
• After reaching the Time Race's Vanguard Army, Yi Chen used his Divine Sense and Teleportation Technique to enter defended gathering places aboard its Large Warships.
• Yi Chen drained the luck of the Tribal Chiefs and Elders of seventy-two large races, leaving each with only a trace.
• Yi Chen found the Time Race's Tribal Chief and more than a hundred Elders, whose defenses could share damage among them.
• Yi Chen chose not to kill the Time Race's leaders so the Earth Tree Race and Reincarnation Race would not withdraw their troops.
• Yi Chen drained the Time Race Clan Leader's and Elders' luck until only a sliver remained.

Yi Chen secretly drained the Luck Energy of the Time Race, Reincarnation Race, and Earth Tree Race leaders and elders, then returned to the Golden Cloud Galaxy Cluster stronger and prepared for the coming battle. As the Coalition surrounded the cluster, its leaders gathered to discuss the Great Flame Empire’s advance and chose to plan cautiously despite their overwhelming advantage.

• Yi Chen found the Reincarnation Race and Earth Tree Race armies, drained their leaders’ and elders’ Luck Energy, and returned to the Golden Cloud Galaxy Cluster after raising his realm to Level 242.
• The Great Flame Empire’s Human Army and an army of more than three hundred billion from the Various Races advanced toward the Golden Cloud Galaxy Cluster.
• The three Coalition forces reached the cluster and spread out to surround it, while the Three Hegemon Races and leaders of more than three thousand large races gathered with Lu Qingxian.
• The Time Race Clan Leader reported that the Great Flame Empire had mobilized its Human Army and a hundred billion troops from the Various Races.
• The Earth Tree Race Clan Leader and the Reincarnation Race Clan Leader agreed that the Coalition had to fight, but urged careful planning, surprising the other clan leaders.

The Coalition leaders agreed to make the Great Flame Empire Army their main target and devised a command structure designed to withstand assassination. As the Coalition mobilized to surround the advancing Great Flame Empire, Yi Chen remained with his army, confident in the Human Army’s strength and ready to intervene if needed.

• The Earth Tree Race Clan Leader asked Lu Qingxian to advise on how to handle Yi Chen, but Lu Qingxian said he knew too little and privately believed the Coalition should retreat.
• The Earth Tree Race, Time Race, and Reincarnation Race Clan Leaders agreed to focus their attack on the Great Flame Empire Army and defeat it before confronting Yi Chen.
• The Coalition leaders planned to split their forces into units with replacement commanders so the army could keep operating if the Great Flame Empire Assassination Team struck.
• After finalizing their plans, the Coalition issued orders and transported its armies toward the Assembly Point to destroy the Great Flame Empire’s hundred-billion-strong army.
• The Great Flame Empire’s three-hundred-billion-strong army continued advancing despite the Coalition’s planned encirclement, while Yi Chen stayed with the army and relied on the Human Army to face the Coalition.

The Great Flame Empire Army was surrounded by the Coalition, which sent a vanguard charging through a shrinking Defense Shield. The Human Army waited until the attackers were close before launching a fire assault, but the Coalition vanguard continued advancing toward its planned counterattack range.

• The Extreme Defense Race formed a massive transparent Defense Shield around the Great Flame Empire Army as Coalition forces charged inside from every direction.
• The Human Army took positions around the Great Flame Empire Army, and its commanders waited as the Coalition vanguard closed in.
• Coalition commanders warned their troops that the Human Army's range and strength might exceed expectations, but ordered the advance to continue.
• When the vanguard came within thirty thousand kilometers, Gu Li, Tai Shi, and the other Corps Commanders ordered the Human Army to attack with Fire Dragons and Fire Sea.
• The Coalition vanguard suffered mounting casualties and slowed under the fire attacks, but its commanders ordered it onward toward the ranges where speed-type troops and powerhouse attacks could counter the Human Army.

The Human Army repelled the Coalition vanguard’s Speed-Type assault and advanced while maintaining its ranged attacks. At Coalition General Command, the clan leaders decided to mobilize a level 190 army to support the vanguard and defeat the Human Army quickly.

• The Human Army retreated while firing, isolating and destroying the Coalition’s Speed-Type Soldiers before advancing toward the vanguard.
• The Coalition vanguard struggled to withstand the Human Army’s attacks and relied on constant reinforcements as it failed to advance.
• The Earth Tree Race Clan Leader proposed sending a level 190 army to support the vanguard, while the Time Race Clan Leader questioned whether to wait longer.
• The Reincarnation Race Clan Leader and the other clan leaders agreed to the plan, and the Coalition began mobilizing its main force.

The Coalition’s level 190 army failed to overcome the Human Army’s long-range attacks, which the Coalition leaders discovered were still far from full strength. After a day of heavy losses and no sign of the Human Army weakening, the Coalition leaders agreed to form a Strong Assault Team to break through its defenses.

• The Coalition sent ten trillion level 190 soldiers to reinforce the vanguard, but the Human Army raised its Fire Sea and Fire Dragon attacks to ten percent power and destroyed the advancing speed-type soldiers.
• The Coalition leaders learned that the Human Army’s attacks were still only using one-tenth of their power and decided to wait rather than escalate the battle immediately.
• The Coalition and Great Flame Empire Army waited as the Extreme Defense Race’s shield continued to shrink, while Yi Chen waited for the Coalition leaders to lose hope.
• After a day of fighting, the Coalition vanguard had suffered disastrous losses while the Human Army showed no signs of weakening.
• The Time Race Clan Leader proposed forming a Strong Assault Team, and the Earth Tree Race and Reincarnation Race Clan Leaders agreed.

The Great Flame Empire sent its hidden Assassination Team to ambush the Coalition’s advancing powerhouse army while the Human Army retreated under fire. The Coalition continued its advance despite mounting losses, and the Human Army teleported away after drawing the enemy close.

• Zhan Cheng ordered Marys and the Assassination Team to attack the Coalition’s powerhouse army as it advanced toward the Human Army.
• More than twenty thousand Shadow Race members and level 230 and 240 powerhouses concealed themselves inside the Coalition’s ranks.
• Marys launched the ambush, and the Assassination Team appeared among the Coalition’s troops and began killing them.
• The Human Army increased its attack power fivefold while retreating, but the Coalition continued advancing and requested reinforcements.
• When the Coalition drew close enough to attack, the Human Army used the Teleportation Technique to retreat five thousand kilometers.

The Coalition’s Strong Army retreated after the Human Army and the Great Flame Empire’s Assassination Team inflicted heavy losses, forcing the Coalition leaders to abandon their plan for a quick victory. The Three Hegemon Race leaders decided to wait for the Extreme Defense Race’s shield to shrink before confronting the Great Flame Empire and drawing out Yi Chen.

• The Strong Army commanders ordered a full retreat, and Marys recalled the Assassination Team after the Coalition’s experts fled with hundreds of millions dead.
• The Coalition leaders reviewed their defeats and rejected a proposal to send their top combatants into battle because Yi Chen could attack them.
• The Earth Tree Race Clan Leader insisted that the Coalition first defeat the Great Flame Empire, then lure Yi Chen into a trap.
• The Earth Tree Race, Time Race, and Reincarnation Race leaders agreed to wait two or three days for the Extreme Defense Race’s Defense Shield to shrink and approach the Great Flame Empire.
• The Coalition kept its Vanguard attacking the Human Army to mislead the Great Flame Empire, while forming only smaller Assault Teams.

The Human Army waited for the Coalition Vanguard to withdraw, then unleashed a long-range Ice Cone attack that pierced the Extreme Defense Race’s shrinking shield. The assault tore through Coalition forces and carved a widening Vacuum Zone, leaving the commanders of the various races stunned and unsure how to respond.

• After two and a half days of fighting, the Coalition Vanguard retreated through gaps in the Extreme Defense Race’s Defense Shield, while the Great Flame Empire and Human Army let them withdraw.
• As the Defense Shield shrank toward the Human Army, the four Corps Commanders ordered their soldiers to take top-grade Immortal Pills and prepare to attack.
• When the shield reached twenty thousand kilometers, the four Corps Commanders ordered a full-power, maximum-range Ice Cone Attack.
• The Human Army’s Ice Cones pierced the Defense Shield faster than the Extreme Defense Race could repair it, while Coalition attacks from outside shattered some of the incoming cones.
• The four Corps Commanders concentrated fire on several hundred positions, driving Ice Cones through the shield and Coalition troops to create an expanding Vacuum Zone.
• The Coalition commanders watched the Human Army’s attacks advance for millions of kilometers and could not find a way to stop them.