Chapter Summaries

An Yang returned to the Silent Tower after completing his mission to kill Dona, then used Lou Luo’s apparent absence to settle into his tower and collect the reward. The reward included a Moon Elf named Eve, whom An Yang reassured he would not experiment on.

• An Yang rode to the coast, boarded the Silent Tower’s ship, and rested while two twin attendants guarded his potion and books.
• An Yang submitted Dona’s soul-fragment potion at the mission counter, and the apprentice began verifying his completion of the mission.
• An Yang returned to Lou Luo’s tower, where he planned to use Lou Luo’s identity and resources while others assumed the scholar was away.
• The Tower delivered An Yang’s reward of a Dragon Blood Flower, a Moon Elf, one hundred thousand Magic Stones, and two Music Conches.
• An Yang spoke with Eve, learned she was a Moon Elf, and told her to study and assist him rather than fear being used in experiments.

An Yang settled into Lou Luo’s tower after Dona’s death, gained the Silent Tower’s support, and freed Eve from some of her fear by promising he might return her freedom. Half a month later, he opened Lou Luo’s study and discovered the secret behind Lou Luo’s method of consuming students, along with a vast collection of books.

• An Yang questioned Eve about her origins and her people, then told her he had not captured or bought her and might restore her freedom.
• An Yang enlisted Sheryl to open Lou Luo’s laboratory and storerooms, though Lou Luo’s study remained sealed.
• After news of Dona’s death spread, the Lord of the Tower and Jakap praised An Yang and promised him generous resources and support.
• An Yang declined the offer to build him a separate tower, saying he had promised to guard Lou Luo’s home until his mentor returned.
• An Yang began receiving Lou Luo’s allocated resources, then cracked the study’s restriction half a month later.
• An Yang found a book describing Lou Luo’s student-devouring method and discovered that Lou Luo’s study held a vast collection of knowledge.

Aine prepared for his first lecture as a Tier 2 Scholar while caring for Eve, who remained bedridden after being injured by experimental radiation. He gave Lydia three powerful Tier 1 spells to consider for her control array, then began his lecture before a packed auditorium.

• Lydia confronted Aine about Eve, and Aine explained that the Moon Elf was his experimental assistant.
• Aine treated Eve and gave her a potion, feeling guilty that his failed experiment had left her injured.
• On the carriage ride, Aine gave Lydia the spells Purple Red Tassel, Ancient Summon, and Illusory Strike, and offered to activate her control array.
• Aine arrived at the tower and found the auditorium packed with trainees and scholars, including Natalie.
• Aine began his lecture by promising to discuss what mattered most to a scholar.

An Yang gave a successful lecture on spell control arrays, then continued his studies and treatment of Eve while his lessons became famous throughout the Silent Tower. Two months later, he reached Tier 3 Scholar and reassured Lydia that he could protect himself before saying he had something to tell her.

• An Yang taught apprentices about spell control arrays, including energy control and component connections, and Natalie recognized that his lecture addressed the flaw keeping her at Tier 1.
• An Yang returned to the Lou Luo Tower, gave Sheryl and the others spell notes, and promised Eve he would help her regain her freedom when he left in two or three months.
• Over the next two months, An Yang's lectures filled the Silent Tower, and the tower recorded them for its library; he also advanced to Tier 3 Scholar in less than a year.
• Lydia, now a Tier 1 Scholar, warned An Yang to be careful, and he told her his new rank gave him enough power to protect himself.
• An Yang told Lydia he had something to say, and she anxiously asked what it was.

An Yang told Lydia and his companions that he was leaving to seek materials and explore ruins, and he gave them guidance for advancing as scholars. After Danyou and Martin departed, Sheryl stayed behind, intent on speaking with An Yang alone.

• An Yang told Lydia he might not return from his journey, gave her a purple badge, and promised she could follow after advancing to Tier 3; Lydia left after warning him to stay safe.
• Sheryl, Danyou, and Martin arrived, and An Yang told them he was leaving and gave them personalized plans and spell formulas for reaching Tier 3 Scholar.
• Danyou, Martin, and Sheryl recalled their old ambitions, while An Yang urged them to study and become remarkable scholars.
• Danyou pledged to remain An Yang's Guardian Knight, and Martin agreed; Sheryl stayed silent.
• After Danyou and Martin left, Sheryl ordered Eve to step aside in Elven language.

An Yang was caught in an intimate moment with Sheryl when Lydia arrived and confronted him about whether he had ever wanted to sleep with her. After he admitted he had, Lydia dragged him into the room, leaving Sheryl behind.

• Sheryl addressed An Yang as Sir and began undressing, saying she wanted to serve him once.
• Eve interrupted them by knocking, then opened the door for Lydia.
• Lydia saw Sheryl's half-undone clothes and slammed the door shut.
• Lydia cornered An Yang and demanded to know whether he had ever thought about sleeping with her.
• An Yang admitted that he had, and Lydia pulled him into the room.

An Yang left the Silent Tower after arranging a ten-year leave and setting out with Eve. He met Lorenka on a remote island to examine an ancient spell, but his sinister reaction left the supposed deal uncertain.

• An Yang submitted a ten-year leave application and divided his future tower resources among Sheryl, Lydia, Danyou, and Martin before his friends and colleagues saw him off.
• An Yang flew away on an Erosion Eagle with Eve, then left her on a deserted island under the eagle’s protection while he continued alone using the Dark Particle Decomposition spell.
• An Yang traveled to an island in the Thorn Moon Kingdom and waited for Gale and Lorenka, a Tier 3 Warlock from Smeel Manor.
• Lorenka gave An Yang the original parchment of an ancient spell and asked him to optimize it in exchange for the document.
• An Yang agreed to inspect the spell, but a vicious glint in his eyes revealed that he had never intended to make a genuine transaction.

An Yang lured Lorenka into a sealed transaction on the deserted island, then revealed his intent to kill him and attacked with Ancient Summon and Purple Red Tassel. Lorenka’s innate defense shattered, leaving him defeated and under An Yang’s final assault.

• An Yang and Lorenka searched the island, then set up isolation and sealing arrays that prevented anyone from entering, leaving, or communicating with the outside.
• An Yang summoned a colossal ancient ferocious insect, whose shriek and sudden charge injured Lorenka and exposed An Yang’s hostile intent.
• An Yang revealed he came from the Silent Tower and had followed Sader’s example, prompting Lorenka to attack as An Yang summoned more ancient creatures.
• An Yang overwhelmed Lorenka with summoned beasts and tens of thousands of Purple Red Tassels, exploiting Lorenka’s weak defenses against direct attacks.
• An ancient ferocious beast broke Lorenka’s innate defensive spell, and An Yang sent another meteor shower of Purple Red Tassels toward the defeated warlock.

After killing Lorenka, An Yang and Eve crossed the sea to the continent, where he marked Eve to protect her from human knights before continuing toward the Federation alone. When his mission succeeded and the system offered him a return to the real world, it detected a weak signal resembling the Second System.

• An Yang rested after killing Lorenka, then broke the island barrier and flew to meet Eve.
• An Yang and Eve traveled for a week across the sea on the Corrosive Vulture and reached a forested continent.
• An Yang caught a Chatterbird, silenced its flock with a threat, and left with Eve.
• An Yang placed his mark on Eve to protect her from human knights, then departed with the Corrosive Vulture.
• An Yang sent the Tower Master a message that he had killed Lorenka, then waited for the mission result.
• The system declared An Yang's mission successful and offered him a return to the real world, then detected a weak signal resembling the Second System.

An Yang returned from the Land of Origin after learning that World Rewind could let him revisit previously experienced worlds, then reunited with Xiao Qian at their villa. Xiao Qian told him about visiting his family in Yan City, and An Yang began catching up on messages from friends.

• An Yang learned that the system could not search for the Second System until it stopped concealing the Chosen One, and he drew the World Rewind ability as a way to return to past worlds.
• An Yang used World Rewind as his route back to the real world and arrived at his villa, where Xiao Qian welcomed him home.
• Xiao Qian told An Yang that the new villa for Huang Lan and Xiaochán was nearly finished and that their unusual design ideas had challenged the designers.
• An Yang discovered a message from Ji Weiwei complimenting Xiao Qian's cooking and learned that Xiao Qian had visited his family in Yan City for Dad An's birthday.
• Xiao Qian described meeting An Yang's relatives and spending the night with Ji Weiwei in his small bedroom, while teasing him about Xueer.
• An Yang invited Ji Weiwei to dinner, read Yuan Shu's message about returning to the coast, and found another message from An You.

An Yang learned that Xiao Xueer had dropped out after her family’s business collapsed and left her parents seriously ill, so he promised An You he would help restore Xiao Xueer’s student status and recover what her relatives and creditors had taken. He and An You planned to visit Xiao Xueer and confront those responsible, but An Yang postponed the trip until the next day.

• An Yang read An You’s messages about Xiao Xueer dropping out and called An You, who asked him to meet her near the university.
• An Yang brought the Rabbit Demon with him to meet An You, who explained that Xiao Xueer’s family business had collapsed, her parents were hospitalized, and debt collectors and relatives had taken the family’s property.
• An You told An Yang that Xiao Xueer had left school because of tuition costs and the need to care for her parents.
• An Yang contacted Liao Heng and secured a way to reinstate Xiao Xueer’s student status.
• An Yang agreed to visit Xiao Xueer with An You and confront the people who had taken her family’s property, but postponed the visit until the next day.

An Yang returned home, learned that Xiao Xueer had withdrawn from school and was leaving Jinguan, and promised to visit her. The next day, he took An You to Yan City, where Xiao Xueer was overwhelmed by relatives arguing in her parents’ hospital room.

• An Yang drove An You back to school, then returned to the villa with Rabbit Demon and shared a meal with Xiao Qian, Xiaochán, and Huang Lan.
• An Yang called Xiao Xueer, who broke down and told him she had withdrawn from school and would soon leave Jinguan; he promised to visit her the next day.
• An Yang told Xiao Qian about the wondrous world he had visited, and the two spent the night together while Xiaochán listened from the next room.
• An Yang took An You to Yan City, and they went straight to the hospital to see Xiao Xueer and her parents.
• Xiao Xueer abandoned the relatives arguing in the ward and threw herself into An Yang’s arms as An Yang assessed the hostile-looking relatives.

An Yang and An You visited Xiao Xueer at the hospital, where her relatives pressured her to surrender her family’s property after her company went bankrupt. An Yang had the relatives taken away by police and promised to recover what they had taken, while Xiao Xueer remained beside her unconscious parents.

• An Yang comforted Xiao Xueer and learned that her parents were hospitalized and her company had gone bankrupt.
• Xiao Xueer’s relatives demanded her family’s house, cars, and locked Kangda shares as compensation for their claimed losses.
• An You confronted the relatives, and An Yang asked Xiao Xueer whether her family still had a legal advisor; she said the advisor and legal team were gone.
• An Yang kept Xiao Xueer from answering as police arrived and took the two young men away to cooperate with an investigation.
• An Yang told Xiao Xueer to call the police in future and promised to recover property taken from her family; a nurse then entered to resume treatment.

An Yang took Xiao Xueer and An You to Xiao Xueer's home, encouraged Xiao Xueer to continue her studies, and helped her find hope for the future. After An You cooked for them and An Yang returned home with her, the siblings went back to Jinguan the next morning.

• An Yang reassured Xiao Xueer that he would help recover her family's assets and told her to seek Xiao Qian's help if trouble arose.
• An Yang told Xiao Xueer that her student records had been transferred back and offered her and An You part-time jobs at An Shi Network Company so she could continue studying.
• An You and Xiao Xueer discussed their dreams, and An You proposed that they become celebrities together.
• An You cooked a meal at Xiao Xueer's villa, but An Yang ate it all before realizing she had meant to save some for Xiao Xueer.
• An Yang and An You returned to Yan City and found Dad An showing off the birds An Yang had brought him.
• An Yang and An You returned to Jinguan the next morning, and An Yang saw An You to her dormitory before going home.

An Yang learned that supernatural beasts and a strange man had appeared in New York, where they fought U.S. forces before escaping. Suspecting they came from the Divine Continent, he arranged to go to New York and sent An Shi forces ahead to investigate.

• An Yang decided to build a separate laboratory near the hill and bring in Daoist masters to establish a large energy-gathering array.
• Xiao Qian told An Yang that a strange man and several supernatural creatures had appeared in New York and attacked people and soldiers.
• An Yang reviewed the reports and footage, seeing that a giant rat and crow had fought U.S. troops and escaped after being wounded.
• An Yang recognized similarities between the man and cultivators from a southern tribe in the Divine Continent, and ordered troops to search New York.
• Xiao Qian arranged a plane while An Yang sent messages to An Shi forces, and Huang Lan came downstairs and asked what had happened.

An Yang learned that the creatures terrorizing New York had come from the Divine Continent, while US forces and foreign agents hunted them. As the rat and crow faced Lan Yue and his lion, a steel figure suddenly descended into the alley.

• An Yang questioned Huang Lan aboard his plane, and she identified the strange-robed man as someone from the Beast Frontier Tribe and the rat and crow as likely demons from the Divine Continent.
• The US government formed a counterterrorism unit to capture the four creatures, while agents from other countries also searched New York.
• The giant rat and crow ambushed US soldiers, killed them and an observing agent, and fed on their bodies to recover their strength.
• Lan Yue confronted the rat and crow with his lion after they tried to flee, and the rat accused him of pursuing them even in this unfamiliar place.
• Lan Yue and the beasts prepared to fight as special forces converged, but a steel figure suddenly descended into the alley.

Lan Yue and three fiends were transported from the Divine Continent world to New York, where An Yang learned how they had crossed over and discovered weakened spatial energy linking the two locations. He began investigating the worlds’ growing spatial connection and prepared for the possibility of further crossings.

• Ling Zhi arrived with Guard troops, surrounded Lan Yue and the three fiends, and ordered them brought to An Yang.
• Lan Yue recognized An Yang as the Divine Continent Emperor, and An Yang questioned the group about how they had reached New York.
• After hearing their accounts, An Yang sent Lan Yue and the golden lion back through a Gate of Space and executed the big rat and the crow.
• An Yang found unusually weak spatial conservation energy at the New York arrival site and at the corresponding location on the Halin Great Grassland.
• The system explained that permanent Gates of Space and repeated travel could cause accidental crossings, and An Yang ordered measures to monitor the threat and began investigating the worlds’ spatial distance.

An Yang learned that the worlds’ spatial correlation was increasing and could destabilize their boundaries, prompting him to prepare defenses and accelerate his campaigns in Apocalypse World and Parlance. He expanded An Shi Group into a global business, intelligence, and defense network while studying how to combine the worlds’ power systems.

• An Yang learned from the system that spatial correlation between worlds was increasing but would stabilize at a new equilibrium, and that similar disruptions could occur with Apocalypse World and Parlance.
• An Yang designated the unstable area on the Haring Grassland a restricted zone and ordered preparations to detect and respond to future incidents before other forces could act.
• After returning to Jinguan City, An Yang mobilized Liao Heng, Shen Zhaowen, and others to expand An Shi Group into a worldwide intelligence and defense network using personnel from other worlds.
• An Yang studied Daoist, Arcane, and mysterious power systems and considered combining their strengths to control his forces more effectively.
• An Shi Group launched an ambitious global expansion across industries, including an intelligent PC operating system, new-concept automobiles, and anticancer drugs, while concealing soldiers and cultivators within its operations.

An Yang accelerated An Shi Group’s expansion and ordered the final campaign against the mechanical organisms in Parランス to begin. After returning to Parランス, he reviewed research into the energy body and left with the coming conflict among the divine generals still ahead.

• An Shi Group expanded into entertainment, projection technology, and overseas military-industrial projects as its influence spread, while special workers and armed personnel deployed around the world.
• The Huaibei Base conquered half the planet in the Apocalypse World, while the Parランス forces advanced against the mechanical organisms despite fierce resistance.
• At the great city meeting, An Yang won approval from nearly all the divine generals to coordinate their armies and launch a final offensive, with Silver Moon City taking the vanguard.
• An Yang told An Qi to earn merit while preserving the Silver Moon Legion and other key forces for the civil war he expected after the mechanical organisms were defeated.
• An Qi reported that researchers had modified the energy body’s mother program and enabled ordinary mecha armor to transform, but Angel Alloy remained unaffected.
• An Yang arranged further work and left Parランス after learning that research into transforming Angel Alloy was ongoing.

An Yang tested a modified cube that transformed his phone into a small, loyal robot, then traveled to the Apocalypse World to announce the founding of the Huaibei Empire. The new empire’s proclamation gave survivors around the world renewed hope as celebrations continued through the night.

• An Yang used the cube to transform his phone into a small robot that recognized him as General and spoke French.
• The Rabbit Demon played with the robot, which nearly destroyed a book from the Land of Origin before An Yang imposed strict rules on it.
• An Yang returned to the Apocalypse World, where preparations for establishing the Huaibei Empire had been completed.
• An Yang announced the empire’s founding in a global broadcast, prompting survivors across its territories and beyond to cheer and celebrate.
• The Huaibei Empire’s broadcast spread news of its policies and plans, and people held parades under lights and An-character flags throughout the night.