Chapter Summaries

Keisha and He Xi discussed A Zhui’s oath to Ye Chen and agreed that he deserved punishment for deceiving an active Battle Angel. Keisha decided to fake her death and retire with He Xi, leaving the Angel Civilization to face a new era while they wandered the universe together.

• He Xi teased Keisha about Ye Chen’s persuasive skills, and the two bantered while He Xi privately wondered whether Keisha had developed feelings for her.
• Keisha and He Xi agreed that Ye Chen should be punished for tricking A Zhui into making the Guardian Angel Oath without Keisha’s knowledge.
• Keisha reflected on the Angel Civilization’s problems and decided its old ruler should step aside, either to make way for a new ruler or for the civilization to rebuild itself.
• He Xi supported Keisha’s decision to fake their deaths and retire, saying she had wanted to leave the lab and retire long ago.
• Keisha thanked He Xi, and they planned to wander the universe together, stopping wherever they pleased.

Ye Chen launched the Yanhuang Empire’s war of expansion, sending its forces toward neighboring countries while planning to claim Huaxia through shared ancestry. Three months later, the chapter described how his arrival had driven the Spanish to South America, where the San Andres Empire fought the Inca Empire.

• Ye Chen addressed the Yanhuang Empire’s soldiers, who pledged their lives to him and prepared to march to war.
• Ye Chen chose nearby countries as his first targets and considered how to unite Huaxia with the Yanhuang Empire by claiming common ancestry.
• Ye Chen’s conquest of North America had driven Spanish settlers away and led him to bar them from Yanhuang territory.
• The Spanish established the San Andres Empire near the Inca Empire and repeatedly attacked the Incas with their firearms.
• The San Andres Empire’s pressure united the Inca Empire against the outside threat, changing the balance of power in the Americas.

King Simon Andres dismissed reports of iron birds over Xis until he saw them himself, while Yanhuang Empire officers prepared an attack on San Andres. Fighter jets bombed the capital, leaving it ablaze and its people dead or gravely wounded.

• A guard told Simon Andres that a huge iron bird had appeared above the empire, and Simon slapped him before looking for himself.
• Simon saw strange aircraft in the sky and suspected they were weapons from the Yanhuang Empire.
• General Li Mingfeng and his officers agreed to attack San Andres, and Li ordered fighter jets to bomb its major cities before the army invaded, taking no prisoners.
• Yanhuang fighter jets dropped bombs on the San Andres capital, killing and wounding many people as fires and smoke filled the streets.

The Yanhuang Empire destroyed the San Andres and Inca Empires, then conquered South Africa as its expansion continued. As displaced people fled into neighboring African nations, their rulers realized the Yanhuang Empire posed a serious threat.

• After the Air Force bombed San Andres, Li Mingfeng ordered the Yanhuang Army to breach its border defenses and invade.
• Angel Yan and A Zhui watched the soldiers fight fiercely and collect enemy heads as proof of military merit.
• A month later, Feng Ye killed King Simon and claimed his head as the San Andres Empire fell.
• Ye Chen approved a plan for San Andres's surviving elderly, women, and children, while the Yanhuang Empire later destroyed the Inca royal family and nobles and absorbed the remaining people.
• The Yanhuang Empire occupied all of South Africa after a year of fighting and began expanding toward Africa.
• Refugees from South Africa reached neighboring nations, whose rulers panicked at the Yanhuang Empire's rapid conquest.

King Mbenel Nzinga feared the Yanhuang Empire’s advance and ordered his son Pedro to devise a weapon against its Iron Birds. In the former Kingdom of Zimbabwe, Ye Chen met Samantha Palance, a clever girl leading survivors who had returned to the garrison, and asked whether she wanted to live.

• King Mbenel Nzinga worried that the Yanhuang Empire would threaten Congo and discussed its Iron Birds with Pedro Nzinga.
• Pedro suggested building an oversized bow and arrows powerful enough to pierce the Iron Birds, and Mbenel ordered him to find craftsmen.
• Ye Chen arrived at the Yanhuang Empire’s forward base in the former capital of Zimbabwe, where Lin Xuan explained that displaced women, children, and elderly people had gathered outside the garrison.
• Ye Chen ordered Lin Xuan to find the survivors’ leader, then inspected the garrison and awarded meritorious soldiers.
• Lin Xuan brought Samantha Palance to Ye Chen, and she explained that staying near the soldiers was her group’s best chance of surviving.
• When Ye Chen asked if she wanted to live, Samantha knelt and offered to do anything for food, and Ye Chen laughed at her quick response.

Samantha asked Ye Chen to let her enlist in the Yanhuang Army, and he assigned her to Lin Xuan’s Frontline Combat Reserve. In Africa, Dukao learned of the Yanhuang Empire’s expansion and ordered his people to suspend resource gathering and monitor it.

• Samantha asked Ye Chen to let her join the Yanhuang Army so she could earn a chance to protect and support her people.
• Ye Chen agreed and ordered Lin Xuan to assign Samantha to the Frontline Combat Reserve with ordinary reserve soldiers’ pay and benefits.
• Dukao received a report that the Yanhuang Empire had conquered South Africa in a year and ordered Xuan to suspend resource gathering and investigate it.
• Dukao recalled earlier alien interventions on Blue Star and worried that another spacefaring civilization had arrived.
• Ling Xuan told Tian Yu and the others to stop extracting resources and focus on monitoring the Yanhuang Empire.

The Yanhuang Empire destroyed the Kingdom of Congo and conquered Africa after defeating its allied armies and the remaining countries. In Great Britain, Sumari heard that war was coming and decided to visit the Yanhuang Empire for entertainment.

• Mbenel and Pedro prepared the Divine Bow to counter the Yanhuang Empire’s Iron Birds as allied forces gathered in Congo.
• Pedro’s Divine Bow failed to hit an Iron Bird, and the Yanhuang Empire’s bombardment devastated the allied army; Pedro was killed.
• The Yanhuang Empire captured Congo’s capital, and Mbenel and his family died by suicide as their kingdom fell.
• The African nations sued for peace, then fought on and were conquered by the Yanhuang Empire over the following years.
• Sumari learned of the coming war in Great Britain and decided to travel to the Yanhuang Empire for fun.

Sky Scum Su Mali appeared in Silver Chain City and slaughtered residents and law enforcement officers while the Imperial Guard was alerted. In Xuanhuang City, Ye Chen learned of the killings, submitted the Industrial Revolution task, and began a Desolate-level draw.

• Su Mali descended into Feng Hong District in Silver Chain City and killed a resident who tried to report him.
• Li Xiangyang learned that Su Mali had appeared, contacted the Imperial Guard, and rushed out as officers responded to reports of killings.
• Su Mali's Dark Silver Flying Knife cut through the officers' bullets and killed Su Yunfeng and the others.
• Yuan Lan informed Ye Chen that Su Mali was massacring citizens, and Ye Chen contacted A Zhui before submitting the Industrial Revolution task to the Civilization System.
• The system awarded Ye Chen a First Generation Human King Body, 500,000 Civilization Points, and a Desolate-level draw, which Ye Chen confirmed.

Ye Chen chose the Silver Moon spear and absorbed the Human King Canon, triggering a massive Stellar Energy surge that darkened Blue Star as he cultivated. He emerged ten minutes later unharmed, while Sumari flew toward the source of the energy torrent.

• Ye Chen selected Silver Moon, tested it against Chixiao, and found that its halo absorbed the blow while the spear remained unmarked.
• Ye Chen absorbed the Human King Body light orb, learned the Human King Canon, and began cultivating as the Civilization System guided him.
• A vast Stellar Torrent poured into Ye Chen, draining the nearby light and energy and plunging Blue Star into darkness; A Zhui and Angel Yan watched in alarm.
• During the sudden darkness, Sumari was shot by Li Xiangyang, killed him with a throwing knife, and flew toward the Stellar Torrent.
• A Zhui and Angel Yan used the Heavenly Blade Judgment to supply Stellar Energy, though their contribution barely eased the system's draw.
• Ye Chen emerged from the palace unharmed, thanked A Zhui, and embraced her as she wondered about his hidden secret.

Ye Chen bought and refined a Star Core, gaining the ability to stand in the air as he and the angels encountered Sumari. He activated a Space Blocker to prevent Sumari from escaping while Angel Yan fought him.

• Ye Chen asked the system about flying and learned that refining a Star Core could grant him control over gravity and other abilities.
• Ye Chen spent 300,000 Civilization Points on a Star Core from Hailing Star, which crushed nearly everything in his Portable Space.
• A Zhui spotted Sumari flying nearby, and Angel Yan charged at him while Sumari prepared his Dark Silver Flying Knives.
• Ye Chen refined the Star Core into his body and gained the ability to stand steadily in the air.
• Ye Chen activated a Space Blocker that enveloped the surrounding area and sealed off Sumari's escape routes.

Ye Chen trapped Sumari inside a Space Barrier and defeated him by stealing his Dark Silver Flying Knife, then using his spear. The chapter left Sumari bloodied and pinned to the barrier as Ye Chen, A Zhui, and Angel Yan approached.

• Sumari crashed into the Space Barrier and failed to break through it with his Dark Silver Flying Knife.
• Ye Chen gave Angel Yan the Space Lockdown Device and asked her and A Zhui to stay back while he fought Sumari.
• Ye Chen made Sumari's flying knife lose control, caught it, and stored it in his Portable Space.
• Ye Chen overwhelmed Sumari with basic spear techniques and smashed him into the Space Barrier.
• Ye Chen kissed A Zhui, then joined her and Angel Yan in descending toward the wounded Sumari.
• Sumari tried to escape, but Ye Chen threw his spear through him and pinned him to the Space Barrier.

Ye Chen killed Sumari before he could reveal his connection to He Xi, then hurried to Silver Chain City and used Life Water to save residents left in suspended animation. The chapter ended with Angel Yan analyzing the medicine and discovering that one of its elements could not be detected.

• Ye Chen pulled the spear from Sumari, then killed him when he asked to see He Xi.
• Angel Yan admitted she had not stopped Ye Chen because she would have taken Sumari back to let He Xi decide his fate.
• Ye Chen and the others arrived in Silver Chain City, where Ye Chen stopped civilians from bowing and directed rescue workers to treat the injured.
• Ye Chen used the force of the stars to find residents in suspended animation and infused their bodies with diluted Life Water, repairing their organs.
• Angel Yan secretly analyzed a drop of Life Water and found that 0.1 percent of its material elements could not be detected.

Ye Chen oversaw a memorial ceremony for the victims of Sumari’s massacre, then used the empire’s anger to wage war on Europe and discovered Denuo Civilization was secretly supporting its enemies. Two years later, he confronted Ling Xuan in London and revealed that he knew the man’s origins.

• Angel Yan examined the pale blue substance she had extracted from her hand while Ye Chen’s intervention revived the dying victims.
• Ye Chen led a nationwide memorial ceremony in Silver Chain City for the 88,655 citizens and 327 law-enforcement officers killed by Sumari, whose corpse lay on the altar.
• Ye Chen recalled that he had failed the Daoist University entrance exam despite being the founding patriarch of the empire’s Daoist school.
• Ye Chen launched a war against Europe and suspected the Denuo Civilization was secretly aiding the European countries to keep him out of Huaxia.
• Two years later in London, Ye Chen pinned Ling Xuan to the ground with his spear and confronted him over the Denuo Civilization’s interference.

Ye Chen captured Ling Xuan for study after stopping him from killing himself, while the Denuo Civilization searched for him and Dukao continued manipulating the war against the Yanhuang Empire. The chapter left Boris Godunov weighing Dukao’s technological support and the threat posed by the Yanhuang Empire.

• Ye Chen pulled the spear from Ling Xuan, restrained him when he tried to kill himself, and sent him to the Imperial Academy of Sciences as a specimen.
• Lian Feng learned that Ling Xuan had uploaded part of his Dark Data before contact was lost in London and informed Dukao.
• Dukao reflected on how he had fueled the conflict in Europe and secretly strengthened China while trying to prevent the Yanhuang Empire from unifying the world.
• Gan Hong presented Boris Godunov with a valuable technical dossier and urged him to oppose the Yanhuang Empire, leaving the Tsar considering Dukao’s offer of technological support.

A Zhui explained that Ye Chen wanted to use the war to train the Yanhuang Empire’s troops, while Keisha revealed that her calculations could not predict Ye Chen’s future. On the European Battlefield, Lyle’s unit prepared an ambush to cut off Yanhuang reinforcements, but Zhou Ning sensed danger just before Lyle opened fire.

• A Zhui told Angel Yan that Ye Chen and the queen had agreed to let the war test the Yanhuang Empire’s soldiers.
• Keisha told He Xi that the Sacred Knowledge Treasury could not determine Ye Chen’s future, though she believed he might become a god-tier figure.
• Lyle and his unit hid among Wata City’s ruins to ambush Yanhuang soldiers and block reinforcements ahead of the Alliance’s counterattack.
• Zhou Ning sensed danger and woke his soldiers, who raised their rifles and watched the ruined city.
• Lyle fired the first shot, triggering chaos in Wata City.

After the battle in Wata City, Zhou Ning escaped the rubble with a serious wound, searched for his comrades, and buried one of his soldiers. He then found the Alliance's Third Zone Garrison, where Lorjio Imwe and his staff faced a supply crisis that threatened the counteroffensive.

• Zhou Ning crawled out from beneath the rubble, removed a metal shard from his infected abdominal wound, and bandaged himself.
• Zhou Ning searched Wata City for his unit and found one of his soldiers dead beneath the rubble.
• Zhou Ning carried the soldier to the outskirts and buried him among the other crude graves.
• Zhou Ning heard fighting nearby and went to investigate, discovering the Alliance's Third Zone Garrison.
• Lorjio Imwe learned that trouble in the logistics department had stopped supplies from reaching the front, while his staff feared the shortage would derail the counteroffensive.

Ye Chen ordered the Kunpeng Squadron to end the European war, then met Ajie and rejected Dukao’s bid to join the Yanhuang Empire. Dukao offered technological records in exchange for a chance, leaving Ye Chen to assess the ten-thousand-year-old general’s carefully prepared bargain.

• Luo'erjiao ordered his commanders to inventory supplies and contacted the rear to request another shipment.
• Ye Chen ordered Yuan Lan to send the Kunpeng Squadron, equipped with the Star No.2 Weapon, to the European Continent.
• Ajie delivered Dukao’s communicator to Ye Chen, who learned that Dukao had once been a general of the Denuo Civilization.
• Dukao claimed he had made Blue Star his home and served its people across several dynasties, then asked Ye Chen to accept his people into the Yanhuang Empire.
• Dukao offered technological records in exchange for a chance, and Ajie handed Ye Chen the documents and data device.

Ye Chen negotiated with Dukao for the Denuo Civilization’s technology after rejecting his initial dossier as inadequate. He pressed for Super Soldier technology, then used A Zhui’s identity to strengthen his bargaining position, leaving Dukao stunned by Ye Chen’s apparent ties to both the Lieyang and Angel Civilizations.

• Ye Chen criticized Dukao’s technical dossier as too limited, while Dukao privately suspected the Lieyang Civilization was backing the Yanhuang Empire.
• Dukao offered to meet reasonable demands in exchange for permission for his people to remain on Blue Star.
• Ye Chen demanded the Denuo Civilization’s Super Soldier technology, and Dukao refused to share it.
• Ye Chen continued bargaining for star-faring technology and brought A Zhui down from space to pressure Dukao.
• Dukao learned that A Zhui was Ye Chen’s wife and was shocked by Ye Chen’s apparent connections to the Angel Civilization as well as the Lieyang Civilization.

Ye Chen secured advanced technology for the Yanhuang Empire, which later occupied Europe and received envoys seeking vassal status. He sent Gu Hongchen to oversee negotiations, where she condemned several countries to destruction and left the remaining envoys terrified.

• Ye Chen sent Dukao’s technical documents, including controlled nuclear fusion and Dark Dimension communications, to the Yanhuang Empire’s Imperial Academy of Sciences.
• Half a year later, the Yanhuang Empire had occupied Europe, and several powers sent envoys to negotiate submission as vassals.
• Ye Chen ordered Gu Hongchen to travel to the European headquarters and lead the negotiations.
• Gu Hongchen took the central seat at the talks, angering the envoys, who were intimidated by the Yanhuang Empire’s power.
• Gu Hongchen ordered the envoys from the Persian Empire, Qosot Khanate, and Bukhara removed, effectively condemning their countries to destruction.

The Yanhuang Empire's peace talks led several powers to submit, while Zhu Cilang abdicated and invited Ye Chen to enter Huaxia as its legitimate ruler. Ye Chen arrived in Jinling City and began honoring Zhu Cilang with a new title and rewards.

• Gu Hongchen told the envoys that Ye Chen had agreed to peace talks, and after an hour they adjourned to report to their rulers.
• Three days later, the Russian Dynasty, Mughal Empire, Safavid Dynasty, Zunghar Khanate, and other countries submitted documents of allegiance, while Zhu Cilang abdicated and welcomed Ye Chen in the name of Huaxia's legitimate line.
• Ye Chen recognized that Zhu Cilang's abdication had secured him a claim to Huaxia and suspected Lian Feng had devised the plan.
• After receiving Ye Chen's reply, Zhu Cilang felt relieved and recalled how Dukao had rescued him, established the New Ming Empire, and ordered him to abdicate.
• Half a month later, Ye Chen arrived outside Jinling City, where Zhu Cilang, Dukao, Lian Feng, former officials, and townspeople welcomed him.
• Ye Chen praised Zhu Cilang and had Yuan Lan announce his appointment as Marquis of Great Ming, along with gifts of Longevity Liquid, Yanhuang Coins, and a residence.