Chapter Summaries

An Yang and Optimus Prime traveled to Petra, where they uncovered the tomb of the ancient Primes and recovered the Energy Matrix. They later used it to revive Sentinel Prime at a U.S. military base, despite An Yang’s warning that Sentinel might be untrustworthy.

• Optimus Prime carried Sentinel Prime from the Ark, and he and An Yang traveled to Petra with Ironhide.
• An Yang exposed a hidden metal doorway at the Place of the Three Kings, revealing the tomb of five ancient Primes.
• Optimus Prime blasted open the tomb, claimed the Energy Matrix, and fused it with his Spark.
• An Yang warned Optimus Prime that Sentinel Prime’s flight from Cybertron with the transmission pillars seemed suspicious, but Optimus said he trusted his teacher.
• Optimus Prime brought the Energy Matrix to a U.S. base and pushed it into Sentinel Prime’s chest, causing Sentinel’s body to convulse as he began to revive.

Sentinel Prime returned to the Autobots and declined leadership, while Optimus Prime learned that the Decepticons had recovered the remaining pillars and were preparing to use him. After An Yang, Ironhide, and Bumblebee defeated three Terrorcons, Sentinel Prime confronted Ironhide and demanded that he choose between helping humanity and saving Cybertron.

• Sentinel Prime awoke, learned Cybertron had fallen, and asked where the pillars were before Optimus Prime offered him the Energy Matrix, which Sentinel returned.
• Sentinel Prime told Optimus Prime that he was now his teacher, and An Yang realized Sentinel would eventually activate the pillars and join forces with Megatron.
• Optimus Prime learned from Russian intelligence that the Decepticons had retrieved the pillars from the moon and placed Sentinel Prime under heavy protection.
• Crankcase, Terrorsaur, and Ransack attacked An Yang, Ironhide, and Bumblebee outside the base, but the Autobots defeated them.
• Sentinel Prime approached Ironhide with his cannon and asked whether he would prolong the unwinnable war to protect humans or save Cybertron.

An Yang stopped Sentinel Prime from killing Ironhide, but Sentinel Prime overpowered Ironhide and charged into the base. After retrieving the Space Bridge pillars, Sentinel Prime left while An Yang chose not to stop him.

• An Yang warned Ironhide and shot Sentinel Prime’s Rust Plague Cannon before it could hit him.
• Sentinel Prime attacked Ironhide, knocked him down, and fatally slashed open his chest while Bumblebee’s shots failed to stop him.
• An Yang blasted Sentinel Prime and sent Bumblebee to notify Optimus Prime, then challenged Sentinel Prime as he pushed toward the base.
• Sentinel Prime fought through the soldiers, retrieved his shield, and rampaged through the base to secure the Space Bridge pillars.
• An Yang let Sentinel Prime leave the base in his transformed fire truck without pursuing him.

After Ironhide was revived, An Yang told Optimus Prime that Sentinel Prime had taken the pillars and planned to summon Cybertron. Sentinel Prime activated the space bridge in Chicago, beginning the Decepticon invasion, while An Yang and Optimus pursued him but let him escape; An Yang then sent a mechanical eye to track him.

• An Yang found Ironhide critically damaged, and Optimus Prime used the Energy Matrix to reactivate his Spark so Ratchet could take him for repairs.
• Optimus Prime saw the devastation at the base and apologized, while An Yang knocked an accusing soldier unconscious and explained that Sentinel Prime had taken the pillars.
• Optimus Prime admitted his trust in Sentinel Prime, then vowed to stop him; An Yang said he would kill him.
• Sentinel Prime activated the space bridge in Chicago, allowing a hidden Decepticon army on the Moon to invade Earth as Optimus Prime and An Yang arrived.
• Optimus Prime and An Yang pursued Sentinel Prime through the woods, but he escaped; An Yang launched a mechanical eye to track his movements.

An Yang pursued Sentinel Prime and confronted him after a barrage of missiles and heavy weapons failed to defeat him. The chapter ended as An Yang fired an electromagnetic cannon shell at Sentinel Prime's shield.

• An Yang told Optimus Prime about the ancient Transformer Jetfire and warned him that the Fallen still threatened Earth.
• An Yang left Optimus Prime and chased Sentinel Prime across a highway with his armed SUV and aerial weapons.
• An Yang's missiles and machine gun damaged Sentinel Prime's fire-truck form, but Sentinel Prime survived a powerful rotary-missile strike by blocking with his shield.
• An Yang deployed the No. 9 energy rapid-fire cannon and threatened Sentinel Prime, who refused to surrender and challenged him to fight.
• An Yang fired an electromagnetic cannon shell at Sentinel Prime, striking his heavy shield before Sentinel Prime could react.

An Yang defeated Sentinel Prime and the Decepticons who came to rescue him, then forced Sentinel to provide Cybertronian language data, technical records, and the locations of the energy pillars. After securing the information, An Yang killed Sentinel Prime and left the scene, preparing to depart for another parallel universe.

• An Yang shot through Sentinel Prime’s shield and wounded him with the electromagnetic cannon.
• Starscream and several Decepticons arrived to rescue Sentinel Prime, but An Yang’s energy cannons destroyed the aircraft and ground forces.
• An Yang forced Sentinel Prime to provide Cybertronian languages, copy his technical data onto a hard drive, and map the energy pillars’ locations.
• An Yang shot Sentinel Prime to death, severed his head, and stored it in his Portable Space.
• An Yang put away the off-road vehicle, leaped into the sky, and flew away.

An Yang finished gathering the Decepticons’ transmission pillars and visited Sam at school before leaving the world. After saying goodbye to Sam and the Autobots, he departed for another world.

• An Yang visited Sam at school and watched him play rugby, then heard how Sam had grown bolder and repeatedly fought Trian’s lackey.
• Sam introduced An Yang to Jesse, who joked about An Yang playing rugby, and Mekala arrived to warn Sam about the danger of being associated with him.
• An Yang told Sam he was leaving the world, declined Sam’s offer of a ride, and flew away in his armor as Sam worried the Federal Bureau of Investigation would question him again.
• An Yang landed at the destroyed NEST base, said goodbye to Ironhide, Ratchet, and Optimus Prime, stored the motorcycle in his Portable Space, and left the world.

After returning from the Transformers world, An Yang found Xiao Qian in closed-door cultivation and the rabbit demon and Xiaochán practicing in the rooftop garden. He upgraded Kunlun Art and drew the Time Synchronization ability, which could bring the timelines of two worlds into alignment.

• An Yang returned to the villa and found the rabbit demon and Xiaochán cultivating on the roof while Xiao Qian remained in closed-door cultivation as a bead.
• The rabbit demon eagerly embraced An Yang, who then left her with Xiaochán and quietly checked on Xiao Qian.
• An Yang spent his physical fitness point on speed and all three skill points on Kunlun Art, raising it from level 8 to level 9.
• An Yang argued with the system about the skill-point result, then extracted the Time Synchronization ability.
• An Yang checked his updated stats and considered the significance of being able to synchronize time between worlds.

An Yang ordered the system to synchronize the Apocalypse World’s time flow with the Divine Continent, then spent time with Xiaochán, Huang Lan, and Rabbit Demon. After a meal, he inspected the motorcycle from his Portable Space and considered why mechanical life-forms could enter it.

• An Yang asked the system to synchronize the Apocalypse World’s time flow with the Divine Continent, and the system estimated the process would take 1.29 master-world hours.
• The system explained the synchronization with the words “Movement, speed,” and An Yang reflected on how motion and speed related to time.
• Xiaochán served water to An Yang, Huang Lan, and Rabbit Demon, and An Yang urged her to refuse their requests instead of letting them take advantage of her.
• Huang Lan and Rabbit Demon said they were hungry, so Xiaochán went to cook; An Yang praised her pink apron while requesting fresh pepper tender rabbit and braised tiger meat.
• After the meal, An Yang examined the ordinary motorcycle he had taken from his Portable Space and considered how Transformers could enter despite the space’s restriction on living creatures.
• Rabbit Demon watched An Yang work on the motorcycle, then returned with a towel and wiped his sweat.

An Yang reassembled the motorcycle and used the AllSpark to revive it, discovering that the Transformer had been forced into a pseudo-death state by unknown laws inside his portable space. He concluded that the cause remained beyond his understanding, then watched Huang Lan challenge the newly awakened Transformer to a fight.

• An Yang determined that the motorcycle’s parts were intact and its mechanisms had been shut down by an external force, then assembled it.
• An Yang tapped the AllSpark against the motorcycle, reviving it and triggering its transformation into a robot.
• The motorcycle asked where it was, and An Yang explained that it had arrived in another universe; the Rabbit Demon hid behind him.
• An Yang questioned the motorcycle about its experience in the portable space and concluded that its shutdown was not caused by stopped time.
• An Yang warned himself not to place self-aware living beings in the portable space, then Huang Lan learned the motorcycle was a Transformer and challenged it to fight.

An Yang studied an ancient spellbook while Huang Lan fought the motorcycle and returned with it damaged. He then called Pan Cheng to ask how An You and Xiao Xueer were doing at An Shi Group, and learned they had been treated well.

• An Yang called back people who had tried to reach him, assured others he was safe, and then read an ancient spellbook.
• Huang Lan fought the motorcycle outside and returned with Rabbit Demon and Xiaochán, explaining that spells and agility had let her overcome its strength and armor.
• An Yang called Pan Cheng during a meeting and asked about An You and Xiao Xueer’s summer jobs at An Shi Group.
• Pan Cheng praised An You’s performance, and An Yang realized he had misunderstood the question and confirmed that his sisters had not been bullied.

An Yang took Huang Lan, Xiaochán, and the Rabbit Demon out for a stroll, letting Huang Lan drive his armed SUV through the city. The group went shopping and tried candied haws, leaving An Yang to walk down the street with three conspicuous banshees while Xiao Qian was absent.

• An Yang proposed going out, and Huang Lan, Xiaochán, and the Rabbit Demon agreed to join him.
• Huang Lan insisted on driving An Yang’s customized armed SUV, then sped through the city despite Xiaochán and the Rabbit Demon’s fear.
• After parking downtown, the group began shopping, and the Rabbit Demon spotted candied haws on sale.
• An Yang gave candied haws to the Rabbit Demon and Xiaochán, who each tried the sweet-and-sour treat.
• Huang Lan claimed she did not want a skewer, then bought one after An Yang started eating his own.

Huang Lan asked An Yang to use an energy body to transform her vehicle into a robot, then prepared an intelligent system and successfully created a seven-meter-tall Transformer named Huangsha. An Yang judged that Huang Lan had made the new mechanical lifeform obedient, leaving him to wonder whether Earth’s first Transformer would also become its first War Transformer.

• Xiaochán struggled to eat candied hawthorn while Rabbit Demon teased her, and Huang Lan encouraged her to stop feeling embarrassed about disliking mortal food.
• After the group returned to the villa, Huang Lan asked An Yang about the energy body that had created his Transformer.
• An Yang explained that a vehicle’s stored information could influence a newly awakened mechanical lifeform and warned Huang Lan about the risks of creating one.
• Huang Lan prepared an intelligent system with her personal information, then borrowed An Yang’s energy body to activate her vehicle.
• Huang Lan returned with a seven-meter-tall, ocher-camouflage robot named Huangsha, which followed her obediently.
• An Yang inspected Huangsha and suspected that Huang Lan had already trained Earth’s first Transformer into a devoted warrior.

An Yang refused the Rabbit Demon’s request to sleep beside him, but she prepared to accompany him through the Gate of Space to the Apocalypse World. He brought her to his base’s residence, where he planned to rest before holding a meeting the next day.

• The Rabbit Demon asked to sleep next to An Yang, but he told her he had to go out and sent her back upstairs.
• The Rabbit Demon came downstairs dressed and disguised her ears and red eyes, making it clear she wanted to go with An Yang.
• An Yang opened the Gate of Space and brought the Rabbit Demon to the heavily guarded base in the Apocalypse World.
• An Yang and the Rabbit Demon traveled by car to his spacious villa at the top of the base’s residential hill.
• An Yang had a maid show the Rabbit Demon around while he went to take a bath.

An Yang resisted the Rabbit Demon's allure and refused to pursue her while Xiao Qian was in seclusion. He then met with the base's officials and announced that his world’s time flow had aligned with the Divine Continent world, forcing the government to reconsider its policies.

• An Yang realized the Rabbit Demon's allure had affected his emotions, but chose not to act on his desire because Xiao Qian was still in seclusion.
• The Rabbit Demon offered to play with An Yang like Xiao Qian, but he told her she was too young and settled down with her for the night.
• The next morning, An Yang left the Rabbit Demon with a female attendant and went to the base's military and political center.
• An Yang heard reports that the base was developing steadily, then warned the officials that the time difference with the Divine Continent world had disappeared.
• The officials reacted with surprise and concern as An Yang explained that he had changed the world's time flow and that previous related policies might need to be suspended or recalled.

An Yang explained how synchronizing time between the Apocalypse World and the Divine Continent world ended the base’s advantage in research and military training, then led officials in planning new policies. The meeting paused after officials proposed deeper exchange, two-way immigration, and relocating institutions and industries between the worlds.

• An Yang explained that time synchronization slowed the base’s research, training, and development compared with when the Divine Continent world served as an accelerated time zone.
• Zhou Mingyuan proposed canceling cross-regional military training, recalling research teams, reforming the garrison’s effects, and drafting new policies.
• Zhou Mingyuan suggested strengthening exchanges between the worlds and clearing the Apocalypse World’s planet to support their integration.
• Zhou Mingyuan’s adjutant proposed two-way immigration and relocating cultivation forces, sects, industries, and factories to establish influence in both worlds.
• An Yang approved the proposals, and the meeting recessed after half a day so officials could continue developing detailed plans.

An Yang demonstrated how electronic devices could be transformed into newborn Transformers and gave the base's officials and researchers technical data for studying and manufacturing them. After leaving them to handle the research and policy work, he returned home with Rabbit Demon and contacted his phone's system.

• An Yang brought Rabbit Demon to the base's weapons testing area and transformed a mobile phone and other devices into Transformers for officials and researchers to examine.
• An Yang explained the Transformers' traits and said the base would need to integrate them into society, with emergency measures for any who refused to cooperate.
• An Yang showed the researchers technical projections and described Seed technology as the basis for manufacturing transforming matter and new Transformers.
• An Yang left technical materials on interstellar travel, spacecraft, warships, Seed technology, and Solar Needle technology, but withheld space bridge technology.
• An Yang returned to his residence with Rabbit Demon, took out his phone, and asked the cold-voiced system to switch to the Second System.

An Yang learned that the badge could mark mechanical life-forms only with authorization from their primary controllers, and he considered eventually building an independent system of his own. After returning to the real world, he reunited with Xiao Qian, who had completed her seclusion and greatly improved her cultivation.

• An Yang asked the Second System whether the badge could mark intelligent mechanical life-forms, and it explained that they had to authorize access to their primary processing programs.
• An Yang decided that the badge could simplify controlling the Transformers, while his researchers would continue analyzing their technology and he would eventually seek to build his own system.
• An Yang walked through the former Pingnan City with Rabbit Demon and reflected on the Apocalypse World's potential for rebuilding and developing technology and magic.
• Three days later, An Yang returned to the real world and sensed magical power upstairs, where he found Xiao Qian newly emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Qian told An Yang that she had merged the power accumulated from absorbed Demon Cores and teased him about developing an inferiority complex as her cultivation grew.

An Yang reunited with Xiao Qian after her cultivation breakthrough, and the household shared a lavish dinner before he spent the night with his wife. He then said he might return to his hometown, prompting Xiao Qian to sigh that she would have to look after his banshees.

• Xiao Qian emerged from closed-door training with greatly increased cultivation, and Huang Lan eagerly welcomed her while Xiaochán watched nervously.
• Xiao Qian cooked a lavish feast, and Huang Lan praised her cooking while teasing Xiaochán until An Yang defended the fox.
• An Yang read Divine Technique of Seizing Luck and Veins while Xiao Qian bathed, then they went to bed together.
• An Yang reflected that absorbing Golden Cores was inefficient and that seizing a realm's luck and veins was a better way to advance his cultivation.
• An Yang told Xiao Qian he might return to his hometown, and she lamented that she would have to look after his banshees.

An Yang brought Xiaochán to Yan City to visit his parents while Xiao Qian stayed behind to look after the female demons. His parents welcomed Xiaochán warmly and mistook her for Xiao Qian’s relative, while An Yang was repeatedly sent to help around the house.

• Xiao Qian suggested that An Yang take Xiaochán to visit his parents and said she would take the female demons on a trip when she had time.
• Xiao Qian prepared gifts for An Yang’s parents, and Xiaochán accompanied him to Yan City while Rabbit Demon watched him leave.
• An Yang introduced Xiaochán to Xie Yunqing as Xiao Qian’s younger sister, and Xie Yunqing welcomed her and went to buy more food.
• An Guoshu mistook Xiaochán’s name and asked whether she was Xiao Qian’s cousin before An Yang corrected him.
• Xie Yunqing sent An Yang to borrow a lighter and then called him to wash vegetables, but Xiaochán offered to help instead.
• Xie Yunqing praised Xiaochán for knowing how to cook and do laundry, then chided An Yang and Xiao Qian for being unable to cook.